How Text Reveals Character: Fiction/Drama Practice Test
•15 QuestionsRead the following original drama passage, then answer the question.
Morning. A college dorm room. Posters peel at the corners. A kettle whistles softly on a hot plate. ZOE sits cross-legged on the bed, laptop open to an email draft addressed to “Professor Halden.” The subject line reads: “Request for Extension.” It is unsent. CAM, her roommate, rummages through a drawer.
CAM: Just hit send.
ZOE: He’ll think I’m making excuses.
CAM: He’ll think you’re a student.
ZOE: Same thing.
The kettle whistles louder. ZOE doesn’t move.
CAM: Your tea.
ZOE: Later.
CAM: It’s going to boil dry.
ZOE (eyes still on the screen): Maybe it should.
CAM: Why are you like this?
ZOE: Because if I ask, I owe. And if I owe, I can’t leave.
The kettle shrieks. ZOE finally reaches over—not to turn it off, but to move it two inches farther from the edge of the hot plate, then returns her hand to the trackpad.
Based on ZOE moving the kettle two inches farther from the edge rather than turning it off, which inference best explains ZOE’s behavior?
Read the following original drama passage, then answer the question.
Morning. A college dorm room. Posters peel at the corners. A kettle whistles softly on a hot plate. ZOE sits cross-legged on the bed, laptop open to an email draft addressed to “Professor Halden.” The subject line reads: “Request for Extension.” It is unsent. CAM, her roommate, rummages through a drawer.
CAM: Just hit send.
ZOE: He’ll think I’m making excuses.
CAM: He’ll think you’re a student.
ZOE: Same thing.
The kettle whistles louder. ZOE doesn’t move.
CAM: Your tea.
ZOE: Later.
CAM: It’s going to boil dry.
ZOE (eyes still on the screen): Maybe it should.
CAM: Why are you like this?
ZOE: Because if I ask, I owe. And if I owe, I can’t leave.
The kettle shrieks. ZOE finally reaches over—not to turn it off, but to move it two inches farther from the edge of the hot plate, then returns her hand to the trackpad.
Based on ZOE moving the kettle two inches farther from the edge rather than turning it off, which inference best explains ZOE’s behavior?