The following is from a contemporary novel. The boy had been quiet for the entire bus ride, watching the houses thin into farmland and then into open country. When his grandmother pointed out the distant white spire of the church she had described to him for years, he turned his face toward the window and did not respond. She let her arm drop and they continued on without speaking.
Which inference is most strongly supported by the passage?
- A
The grandmother is unfamiliar with the church
- B
The bus has stopped before reaching the church
- C
The boy is excited to see the church his grandmother has described
- Dcheck_circle
The boy's response does not match the anticipation his grandmother appears to have built around the destination
Explanation
Years of build-up met with a turned face and silence supports B. A and C contradict the passage; D is unsupported.