Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 45

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) On my right a woods thickly overgrown with creeper descended the hill's slope to Tinker Creek. (2) On my left was a planting of large shade trees on the ridge of the hill. (3) Before me the grassy hill pitched abruptly and gave way to a large, level field fringed in trees where it bordered the creek. (4) Beyond the creek I could see with effort the vertical sliced rock where men had long ago quarried the mountain under the forest. (5) Beyond that I saw Hollins Pond and all its woods and pastures; then I saw in a blue haze the world poured flat and pale between the mountains.
⎯ Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek , Bantam, 1975, page 41
The main idea of the paragraph above is implied, not stated by a topic sentence. Which of the following sentences most accurately states the main idea?

• A) Standing on the hill, I had a broad view of the surrounding countryside.
• B) Tinker Creek is a very beautiful place.
• C) Returning to the place where I grew up brought back a lot of memories for me. Be

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