Question 1 of 9 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 B-CR
Read the excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.”The boy bent over her and stared at the long pink-gold hair and the half-shut sleeping eyes. Then he looked up and stared at Mr. Shiftlet. “She looks like an angel of Gawd,” he murmured.“Hitch-hiker,” Mr. Shiftlet explained. “I can’t wait. I got to make Tuscaloosa.” The boy bent over again and very carefully touched his finger to a strand of the golden hair and Mr. Shiftlet left.Which statement most accurately represents the excerpt’s larger idea?
Answer
A
Getting what you want may not make you happy.
B
Beauty and truth appear in unexpected places.
C
Social isolation may lead people to act immorally.
D
You may not get everything that you have bargained for.