| XIII. | Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. |
| 1. | Steve feels tense because __________ |
| A. the coffee upsets him. | |
| B. the music upsets him. | |
| C. his wife Jane was silent. | |
| D. his wife tries to reason with him. | |
| 2. | By saying "different music appeals to different generations", Jane wants to ________ |
| A. make her husband like the music. | |
| B. help her husband understand the message of the music. | |
| C. argue with her husband, trying to change his mind. | |
| D. help her husband get rid of his knots in the stomach. | |
| 3. | Both Jane and Steve can't attend to reading because ________ |
| A. they are worried about their daughter. | |
| B. they are happy with the way their daughter expresses her identity. | |
| C. they've never noticed that their daughter has been wearing eyeliner for months. | |
| D. they are proud of their daughter. | |
| 4. | When Jane says "I suppose we should feel lucky because makeup is our biggest problem with her", she means that ________ |
| A. Sandy has the right way of expressing her identity. | |
| B. Sandy's way of expressing her identity is not a big problem compared with that of other teenagers. | |
| C. Sandy is the biggest of all their problems. | |
| D. Sandy is brighter than any other teenager. | |
| 5. | When he says “that music has a very negative message”, Steve simply means that ________ |
| A. music is very bad for all young people. | |
| B. music makes his daughter change from bad to worse. | |
| C. that music has a bad influence on his daughter. | |
| D. music is disturbing. | |
| 6. | From the talk between Jane and Steve we know that ________ |
| A. Jane seems to understand their daughter more than Steve. | |
| B. Steve seems to understand their daughter more than Jane. | |
| C. Jane loves their daughter more than Steve. | |
| D. Steve loves their daughter more than Jane. | |
| 7. | From Steve's story telling we know that _________ |
| A. Steve was also a rebel when he was young. | |
| B. Jane was also a rebel when she was young. | |
| C. Both Steve and Jane were rebels when they were young. | |
| D. Neither Steve nor Jane was a rebel when they were young. | |
| 8. | At the end of the story _________ |
| A. Jane is no longer worried about her daughter. | |
| B. Steve is no longer worried about his daughter. | |
| C. Jane seems to have found the answer to the problem with her daughter. | |
| D. Jane has not yet found the answer to the problem with her daughter. |
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