Free Digital SAT Practice Test 1 | Reading and Writing Module 2 (Easy)

Reading and Writing Module 2 (Easy) Question 9

The following text is adapted from Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel The Awakening. Mrs. Pontellier's role and perception among other women at Grand Isle are being explored.

Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.

According to the text, what is true about "mother-women" at Grand Isle?

They are often away from their children.
They hold themselves above their husbands.
They are devoted to their families.
They dislike the presence of Mrs. Pontellier

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