Question

Read the following paragraph and select the correct answer,

She knew now what meant the duties of the household, the heavy work of the kitchen. Her pretty hands soon lost all
semblance of the care of bygone days. She washed the soiled linen and dried it in her room. She went every morning to
the street with the refuse of the kitchen, carrying the water, stopping at each flight of stairs to take breath-wearing the
dress of the women of the people; she went each day to the grocer, the fruiterer, the butcher, carrying her basket on
her arm, bargaining, defending cent by cent her miserable money. (from "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant)
What is the topic sentence of this paragraph?
She knew now what meant the duties of the household, the heavy work of the kitchen.
Her pretty hands soon lost all semblance of the care of bygone days.
She washed the soiled linen and dried it in her room.
She defended cent by cent her miserable money.

Answer 1

She knew now what meant the duties of the household, the heavy work of the kitchen.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the paragraph is about work.