from Great Expectations/ from Dickens Touches a Nerve
Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question.
Passage 1: from Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
(1)At the appointed time I returned to Miss Havisham's, and my hesitating
ring at the gate brought out Estella. She locked it after admitting me, as
she had done before, and again preceded me into the dark passage
where her candle stood. She took no notice of me until she had the
candle in her hand, when she looked over her shoulder, superciliously
saying. "You are to come this way to-day," and took me to quite another
part of the house....
(2)... As we were going with our candle along the dark passage Estella
stopped all of a sudden, and facing round said, in her taunting manner,
with her face quite close to mine,
(3) Well?
(4) Well, Miss?" I answered, almost falling over her, and checking myself.
(5)She stood looking at me, and of course, I stood looking at her.
(6) Am I pretty?"
(7) Yes; I think you are very pretty."
(8) Am I insulting?"
(9) Not so much so as you were last time," said I.
(10) Not so much so?"
(11)"No."
Which statement is an accurate characterization of Estella in
Passage 1?
A She is shy around new people.
B She is proud of her sharp intellect.
She is aware of her high social status.
She is doubtful of her perceived beauty.