Approaching Author Quotation Usage?? [CR]

<p>Just to make sure you guys don't miscomprehend what I'm alluding to in the paragraph, I'll write an example of such a question:
"The sentence in which "difficult" appears (lines 54-55) indicates that the author considers the word to be..."</p>

<p>I have a rough time answering questions like this, as there's either several answers that would work or none that are better than the others.</p>

<p>I do fine on all the other CR aspects, though. Anyone have tips for approaching this type of question?</p>