Question 1 out of 4
Section: Reading and Writing
Skill: Command of Evidence
“Valia” is a 1907 short story by Leonid Andreyev. In the story, the author emphasizes that the setting where the character Valia is reading is nearly silent: blank
Which quotation from “Valia” most effectively illustrates the claim?
“The hand in which he carried his book was getting stiff with cold, but he would not ask his mother to take the book from him.”
“Valia was reading a huge, very huge book, almost half as large as himself.”
“Valia approached the window and examined the toys.”
“Everything in the room was quiet, so quiet that the only thing to be heard was the rustling of the pages he turned.”