Instructions: select the correct answer. read this line from james joyce's "araby." based on the context in which it appears, identify the correct synonym of the word amiability. i watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped i was not beginning to idle.

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.

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