Digital SAT® Practice Test 1: Reading and Writing Module 1: Question 6 Explanation

Digital SAT Reading and Writing Test 1 Question 6

According to the text, what is true about Eppie?

Eppie often interrupts Silas’ quiet life.
Eppie makes Silas think twice about his weaving.
Eppie brings meaningful change and joy to Silas’ life.
Eppie makes Silas wish for his old life back.

Answer:

Explanation

Unlike the gold which needed nothing—which was hidden away from the daylight—Eppie was a creature of endless claims and every-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements. The gold has kept his thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and made him think all its pauses a holiday.

Choice C is the best answer. The text states that Eppie shifts Silas' thoughts from gold to hope and brings a change to his routine by calling him away from his weaving.

Choice A: The text mentions that Eppie calls Silas away from his weaving, but this is not portrayed as an interruption to his quiet life.

Choice B: The text does not indicate that Eppie makes Silas reconsider his weaving.

Choice D: Nothing in the text shows that Eppie makes Silas want his old life back.

✨ Expert's Tip ✨

Find the key parts of the text that show the impact of Eppie's presence in Silas' life.