Question

The third paragraph (lines 15-27) presents the author's third-grade teacher as being primarily _________________________________________.

• A. Critical of the author's grandiose ambitions
• B. Disillusioned about her students' lack of interest in science
• C. Concerned that children would never develop a sense of decorum
• D. Arbitrary in implementing rules affecting the class
• E. Bitter and outspoken about injustices in her school district

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The narrator's third-grade teacher was insistent on the students bringing a box to carry their experiment materials. She even cancelled the narrator's participation in the competition for failing to abide by this rule, although the experiment was accurate. On the other hand, she let the other white children bring the boxes the next day. Hence, Option D is correct.

The rest of the options are neither mentioned nor implied by the passage. Hence they're incorrect.