What is an important contrast in the passage?
PART A
How does the narrator help the reader understand Ruth’s personality?
A. By allowing the reader to observe how Ruth interacts with Dorian
B. By allowing the reader to observe how Dorian treats Ruth
C. By allowing the reader to understand Ruth’s opinion of both Darius and Dorian
D.By allowing the reader to observe how Darius treats Ruth and Dorian differently
PART B
Select the excerpt from the passage that supports the response in Part A.
A. “What are you talking about?’ his mother said, setting down her book and pulling her reading glasses from their perch on her nose.”
B. “If Dorian picked a few pieces of white vegetable off for his plate, Darius would think: I bet now he could spell it.”
C. “No, sweetheart, Dorian one that bee,’ she said, ‘but you came really close. You’d studied so hard, and I was proud of you!’”
D. “So why can’t she keep her memory organized? Dorian thought, and then immediately wished he hadn’t.”
Look back in the text to be accurate and please someone help!