<p>for the quilt passage what was the answer to the question about why the author mentioned the door slamming or something? i had no idea what that had to do with anything</p>
<p>It was because Maggie was upset that Dee had insulted her grandmother’s quilts, by calling them “old” nonchalantly. Dee said “Mama, can I have these old quilts?”</p>
<p>The other possible answer was because Maggie was afraid that Dee would get the quilts, but this is disproved at the end of the passage when Maggie says. “Dee can have the quilts. I have better ways of remembering Grandma.”</p>
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<p>Disagree with this. Maggie says this as an insult to Dee, even if she does mean to let Dee have the quilts. It’s irrefutable that the quilts are “old”; I can’t imagine that Maggie would have gotten very upset, upset to the point of slamming a door, just because Dee called them that.</p>
<p>Hmm, I dunno. I thought it was more of the context in which Dee called the quilts old. She mentioned it very casually with “Mama, can I have these old quilts?” I don’t remember the other answer choices, but I think those two were the only plausible ones.</p>
<p>Edit: Oh well, it’s impossible to know whether she meant it as an insult or not.</p>
<p>Rereading your post, yes, it is irrefutable that the quilts are old. I think it’s more of the way Dee used “old” in context though, that upset Maggie.</p>
<p>haha i had no idea on the door slamming one, so i put clumsiness… hahaha</p>
<p>btw for who finds mrs whatever amusing… there was no answer choice that was only the reader and narrator. it was between “mrs slipslop herself and the narrator” vs “joseph, the reader, and the narrator” … i put the latter.</p>
<p>Luminouzz: Truth. None of us will know until the scores come out, but those two choices were certainly the only plausible ones.</p>
<p>i took the sat: there was a choice for reader and narrator</p>
<p>^i was looking for a choice that said only those. but the only choice that included both included joseph. i am positive</p>
<p>There was a choice for reader and narrator without Joseph…I remember picking that one.</p>
<p>Yeah i chose the reader and narrator only… Joseph was almost a “martyr”. He was compared to a lamb and a roach, and i doubt he would’ve found her amusing. The question was kind of tricky in that readers might confuse their own perspectives with an outside situation.</p>
<p>i picked that also. judging by what joseph said only, i would not say that he was amused</p>
<p>i’m not sure if anyone has said but, just for reference, the quilt one is from a short story called “everyday use”. i read it in lit. analysis sophomore year.</p>
<p>i didnt see thatttttttttt ■■■</p>
<p>"Yeah i chose the reader and narrator only… Joseph was almost a “martyr”. He was compared to a lamb and a roach, and i doubt he would’ve found her amusing. The question was kind of tricky in that readers might confuse their own perspectives with an outside situation. "</p>
<p>But Mrs. slipshop thinks that Joseph finds her amusing (like everyone is out to get her), so she goes on an on with her questions and monologue. The question stated “Which of the following were intended or **apparently **found Mrs. Slipslop amusing.” </p>
<p>apparently was written in parentheses on the test, for some kind of emphasis/clue.</p>
<p>these are Joseph’s replies </p>
<p>“Joseph: “I don’t understand your hard words;
but I am certain you have no occasion to call me ungrateful, for, so far
from intending you any wrong, I have always loved you as well as if you
had been my own mother.””</p>
<p>“Madam,” says
Joseph, “I am sure I have always valued the honour you did me by your
conversation, for I know you are a woman of learning.”</p>
<p>I just don’t sense any humor in his reactions… he’s genuinely trying to defuse the situation</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it was the narrator and the reader
I mean…the characters in the passage are being serious.
But the narrator, especially in the last passage (with all the metaphors) seems to be very amused. and I was very amused as well. so narrator and reader</p>
<p>WHY DID I NOT SEE THAT OPTION??? i feel like a ■■■■■■</p>
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<p>Actually, that’s a really good point. Now I’m worried : 0</p>
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<p>woah, you are overanalyzing it.</p>
<p>what would a raw score of 52 or 53 get me? based on the usual curve?</p>
<p>i took the sat, i think that would be about 710-30?
I think 57 is already 780 in PR, and the Sat II BB is even harsher</p>
<p>On #1 again – In a nutshell.</p>
<p>Madam: What did they say about me? How dare they! What about you, you think this is funny too?
Joe: no, madam. I, I’ve always loved you!
Madam: Bah!
Joe: You’re actually… quite the learned woman!
Madam: You really think so? …To tell you the truth joseph, i’ve always felt for you… OH JOSEPH!</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>He says “but I am certain you have no occasion to call me ungrateful, for, so far
from intending you any wrong, I have always loved you as well as if you…” to prove that he doesn’t find her situation amusing.</p>