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Shmoop alert: Unidentified flying question has been spotted in the area...

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It's the passage that just won't go away! Press pause and read it again...if you'd like...

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In lines 71 through 73, the author characterizes Aunt Georgiana as...what?

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And here are the potential answers...

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In this sentence, the narrator thinks about

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how Aunt Georgiana's appearance probably shocks his landlady.

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When he uses the phrase "what was left of her," we can't help but imagine some zombie

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version of Auntie G wreaking havoc in Boston.

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We're going to keep that pleasant image with us as we sift through these answers.

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Come on, how could Auntie G have survived out in the wild mid-west of Nebraska this

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long, if she was super fragile?

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(B) is wrong for sure.

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Later in the passage, we hear that Auntie G goes right to bed when she gets to the boarding

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house, but there's nothing in this sentence to say that the trip was outright dangerous

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for her.

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This lady may be withered, but she's still a tough old bird.

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Well, Auntie G has definitely adapted to her harsh frontier lifestyle, which this passage

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makes clear has taken a serious toll on her.

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The focus isn't on her ability to adapt in general, though, so (D) is completely wrong.

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Uh, yeah, we're sure that the effects of Auntie G's hardships are clear to everybody

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who sees her.

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There's no way (A) is correct. Which points us to (E), the correct answer.

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Due to how she lives, Aunt Georgiana has broken down quite a bit over the last few years.

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We're sure it's nothing a little TLC can't fix.

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