Question

4.Please refer to Story A1 and answer the following question. Based on the description of the settling of the novel Sulam which of the following adjectives would most likely describe the behavior of many of its residents?

a. Furtive
b. Suspicious
c. Eccentric
d. Unkempt

Story A1: The fictional world of Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison's novel Sula—the African-American section of Medallion, Ohio, a community called the Bottom—is a place where people and natural things are apt to go awry, to break from their prescribed boundaries, a place where bizarre and unnatural happenings and strange reversals of the ordinary are commonplace. The very naming of the setting of Sula is a turning upside-down of the expected; the Bottom is located high in the hills. The novel is filled with images of mutilation, both psychological and physical. A great part of the lives of the characters, therefore, is taken up with making sense of the world, setting boundaries, and devising methods to control what is essentially uncontrollable. One of the major devices used by the people of the Bottom is the seemingly universal one of creating a Scapegoat ; in this case, the title character Sula—upon which to project both the evil they perceive outside themselves and the evil in their own hearts.

Answer 1

Furtive

Step-by-step explanation:

From the story A1 excerpt Given below, the behavior and act of the people of bottom could best be described as being unnatural and mysterious, strange. This means for all their acts, they intend to hide and cover up their wrong doings in secrecy. Hence, an adjective which could best be used to describe the behavior of many residents of bottom in the options given is FURTIVE. This adjective is used to describe actions or behavior one intends to keep from the world, a secret or stealth action.