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EnglishComprehension - (Poetry / Literary)

Based on your reading of the passage, what "change" does the narrator…

Comprehension:

Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

From my discourse with Mr. Lloyd, I gathered enough of hope to suffice as a motive for wishing to get well; a change seemed near, - I desired and waited for it in silence. It tarried, however; days and weeks passed: I had regained my normal state of health, but no new allusion was made to the subject over which I brooded. Mrs. Reed surveyed me at times with a severe eye, but seldom addressed me: since my illness, she had drawn a more marked line of separation than ever between me and her own children; appointing me a small closet to sleep in by myself, condemning me to take my meals alone, and pass all my time in the nursery, while my cousins were constantly in the drawing room. Not a hint, however, did she drop about sending me to school: still I felt an instinctive certainty that she would not endure me under the same roof with her; for her glance, when turned on me, expressed an insuperable and rooted aversion.

Eliza and Georgina, evidently acting according to orders, spoke to me as little as possible: John thrust his tongue in his cheek whenever he saw me, and once attempted chastisement; but as I instantly turned against him, he thought it better to desist, and ran from me uttering execrations, vowing I had bust his nose. I heard him in a blubbering tone commence the tale of how “that nasty Jane Eyre” had flown at him like a mad cat: he was stopped rather harshly by his mother, Mrs. Reed-

“Don’t talk to me about her, John: I had told you not to go near her; she is not worthy of notice; I do not choose that either you or your sisters should associate with her.”

Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words;

“They are not fit to associate with me.”

Based on your reading of the passage, what "change" does the narrator desire and wait for?

Answer & explanation+

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → The narrator is waiting for Mrs. Reed to send her away to a boarding school.

After her talk with Mr. Lloyd, Jane feels that "a change seemed near", and she waits for it in silence. The next lines make the change clear: "Not a hint, however, did she drop about sending me to school", though Jane felt certain that Mrs. Reed "would not endure me under the same roof with her".

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: The narrator desires a change in her living situation, which is swiftly implemented by Mrs Reed. — Incorrect. Contradicted: the change "tarried" (was delayed); "days and weeks passed" with no word about it.

Option 2: The narrator eagerly awaits for a change in Georgina, Eliza and John's attitude towards her. — Incorrect. Not mentioned: Jane does not wait for her cousins to change; she expects to leave the house, feeling that Mrs. Reed "would not endure me under the same roof with her".

Option 4: The narrator wishes to pass all her free time in the nursery, while her cousins played in the drawing room. — Incorrect. Contradicted: being kept in the nursery is a punishment imposed by Mrs. Reed ("condemning me to ... pass all my time in the nursery"), not a change Jane wants.

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