PrepTest 159, Section 2, Question 5
The 1937–1938 comic strip Torchy Brown, in "Dixie(426 more words not shown)
The author cites each of(11 more words not shown)
- Ainstant(1 more words not shown)
- Bmagical(1 more words not shown)
- Cmysterious(1 more words not shown)
- Dominous(1 more words not shown)
- Epastoral(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Return to the fairy-tale description in the second paragraph: an idyllic rural setting, threatening predators, mysterious helpers, and instant success in New York. This is an EXCEPT question, so the answer is the feature not included in that description.
Working the answers
- A
Instant success is explicitly mentioned when Torchy arrives at the Cotton Club. It belongs on our list, so eliminate it.
- BCorrect
No magical symbols are identified. The Cotton Club later becomes a symbol of recognition and achievement, but symbolic significance isn't the same as magic. That later description doesn't supply the missing fairy-tale element.
- C
The journey includes “mysterious helpers.” This is directly supported.
- D
Torchy is “beleaguered by ominous predators” while heading north. That is another listed feature.
- E
She moves freely through “a pastoral terrain” in the opening scenes. That rural setting is part of the nearly idyllic beginning, so it also belongs on the list.
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