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Question #N936

The passage describes a time when the narrator, a young boy, is standing at the edge of a lake. He is looking at a boat as it drifts away and wonders how it is able to move without any obvious cause. He thinks about the many different forces that could be moving the boat. The narrator then concludes that the boat is moving because of the wind. How does the writer use the sentence “I began to think of all the forces that could be moving the boat” to help clarify the narrator’s thought process?

In the passage, the sentence "I began to think of all the forces that could be moving the boat" serves to

A. introduce the reader to the narrator’s perspective.

B. explain the narrator’s confusion about the boat’s movement.

C. describe the physical features of the boat.

D. highlight the narrator’s interest in physics.

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Correct Answer is: B

The sentence reveals the narrator’s confusion about the boat’s movement. This confusion is the foundation for the narrator’s thought process, as the narrator begins to think about all the different forces that could be moving the boat, eventually concluding that the wind is the most likely cause.