@Plotinus the act of telling people something that makes you embarrassed, ASHAMED, etc.
Danny was ashamed for having to leave early. It clearly said he had to leave before the time they wanted him to remain with them. The passage even SAYS IN CLEAR TEXT that he said it ASHAMED.
@AGoodFloridian Haha that would be hysterical xD Cant wait!
@HodgeSchoo
“I must confess that” is a very informal, colloquial expression that has a different meaning from “the following is a confession in the formal, dictionary sense of the word ‘confession’.” Not every statement that is or can be preceded by “I confess that” is a confession in the proper sense.
“I confess that I find the weather a little chilly.” This might not be any different from “I am telling you that I find the weather a little chilly.” “I find the weather a little chilly” is NOT a confession in the proper sense.
A confession in the proper sense is an admission of something embarrassing or criminal. (See Merriam-Webster link above.) The language of SAT answer choices is formal written language. It is not the language people use when chatting over lunch.
I don’t see any textual evidence that Danny was trying to appear ashamed in front of the relatives. The sentence is delivered “apologetically”, not “ashamedly” or “with an embarrassed tone”. “I am sorry but I cannot stay because I want to show her the house while it is still light” = I am excusing myself (apologizing) for leaving.
I think the fact that both @Plotinus and @HodgeSchool are basing their answer choices on their experiences are older individuals is a clear indicator that the answer is confession.
We have to remember that this is a test made with high schoolers in mind, not 50-something year old parents.
When I read the question it seemed like excuse was the obvious answer and after reading your arguments for confession, I understand your reasoning but I still feel 100% sure that it was excuse. Honestly, I think you guys were overthinking what was probably a level 3 question.
Do u guys think i could get a 10+ on the essay if i wrote about how people told their true feelings/emotions after bad events occurred. I talked about people rioting and going crazy on social media after Ferguson and Lebron James leaving Cleveland. My prompt was something like should we respect people’s opinions/thought after events, something like that, i forgot the actual wording.
What is the consensus on the question asking about the main idea of the Danny passage? One of the answers was something like “show a budding relationship.”
lol @ a single question taking up a good 5 pages of comments
@andy276153 that is what I said
~12 hours till release
@renegade23 Thanks 
@renegade23
“We have to remember that this is a test made with high schoolers in mind, not 50-something year old parents.”
True. But it i s a test designed so that the average high schooler will score 500 per section. Maybe the old fogy’s have something worthwhile to say.
Anybody else staying awake until 5AM tonight?
This warfare over a question is ridiculous at this point. I could understand arguing to pass time the day after a test when the results are weeks off, but when the results are so close, why not just wait a few more hours to find out? Tomorrow, half of the people that were profusely certain of their answer are going to be embarrassed.
How will we know which answer is correct tomorrow?
@dsi411 asking someone who gets an 800 what they put
You can get 800 in CR with 1 wrong. You have to ask someone who has CR raw score 67.
Its also possible with 2 wrong and 1 omit.
@BailyBoomBoom
True for some curves, but the issue was how to verify the correct answer to a disputed question, not what raw scores could convert to scaled 800. A person who scored 800 may not have answered every question correctly, and so might not know the correct answer to a disputed question.
Not sure if anyone already asked this, but what time exactly will the results be out by?