The following text is from Betty Smith's 1943 novel
A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Francie, a young girl, visits
the library
often.
Francie thought that all the books in the world
were in that library and she had a plan about
reading all the books in the world. She was
reading a book a day in alphabetical order and
not skipping the dry ones. She remembered that
the first author had been Abbott. She had been
reading a book a day for a long time now and she
was still in the B's. Already she had read about
bees and buffaloes, Bermuda vacations and
Byzantine architecture. For all her enthusiasm,
she had to admit that some of the B's had been
hard going. But Frarcie was a reader.
1947 by Betty Smith
Which choice best states the main purpose of the
text?
A) To illustrate Francie's enjoyment of an unusual
topic
B) To explain why Francie prefers reading over
other activities
C) To portray Francie's determination to meet a
goal
D) To describe a book that Francie greatly admires