Read the passage below from Little Women where Meg overhears her friend's mother and another guest gossiping about her and Laurie and answer the question.
"How old is he?"
"Sixteen or seventeen, I should say," replied another voice.
"It would be a grand thing for one of those girls, wouldn't it? Sallie says they are very intimate now, and the
old man quite dotes on them." "Mrs. M. has made her plans, I dare say, and will play her cards well, early as it
is. The girl evidently doesn't think of it yet," said Mrs. Moffat.
In this passage, the gossipers suggest, incorrectly, that
Mrs. March is trying to arrange a marriage between one of her girls and Laurie for his wealth
Laurie is far too young for Meg's tastes
Mrs. March wishes to marry the older Mr. Laurence
Meg is far below Laurie's social standing

Explanation:

I LOVE THIS BOOK! It is either "A" or "C". I do believe that it is "A" though. It says the guests are gossiping about Meg and Laurie. It does not say the old gentleman. It is talking about Laurie Lawrence and Margaret March.

I do hope I helped you! :)

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

explanation:

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.