Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker.SMALLEST CHILD [MOURNFULLY]: Don’t go, Annie, to her.ANNIE [HER ARM AROUND HER]: Sarah, dear. I don’t want to go.SMALLEST CHILD: Then why are you going?ANNIE [GENTLY]: Because I’m a big girl now, and big girls have to earn a living.Which of these statements provides the best summary of the scene?
Answer
A
Annie explains her reasons for leaving and taking a job, and then the girls beg her to reconsider.
B
One of the girls encourages Annie to stay, and Annie explains that it is time for her to begin working.
C
One of the girls is overly emotional and unable to say good-bye, so Annie explains the situation.
D
Annie tells the girls that she must take the teaching job, because the Perkins School has too many students.