Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:
I know I'm not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an Xbox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside But I know ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.
If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all. I would wish that I could walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing. Here's what I think: the only reason I'm not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way. But I'm kind of used to how I look by now. I know how to pretend.
I don't see the faces people make. We've all gotten pretty good at that sort of thing: me, Mom, Dad Via. Actually, I take that back: Via's not so good at it. She can get really annoyed when people do something rude. Like, for instance, one time in the playground some older kids made some noises. I don't even know what the noises were exactly because I didn't hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. That's the way she is. I'm not that way.
Why do you think the narrator is unlike any other ordinary kid?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Because he has a facial deformity
The narrator's wish shows what sets him apart: he would wish for "a normal face that no one ever noticed at all". People look away, children run off screaming, and he says he is used to "how I look". The difference lies in his face, which is not normal: he has a facial deformity.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Because he has a protective sister — Incorrect. Wrong cause: Via does defend him, but having a protective sister is not what makes him different; many ordinary children have one.
Option 2: Because he has an Xbox — Incorrect. Contradicted: the Xbox is one of the things that make him ordinary, not different.
Option 3: He feels ordinary inside — Incorrect. Contradicted: feeling ordinary inside makes him like other children; the difference lies in how others see him.