<p>it was definitely years. it said she had become companions with it over the next several years or something like that.</p>
<p>the exact words of the passage were “over the next several years, the guide book would become her best companion” or something like that.i’m 95% sure the answer is years.i made sure that i looked in the passage for that question.its definitely years</p>
<p>I read that except countless times and could not find the word “years.” Yes, it talked about the book becoming worn and decrepit, but it also mentioned that she was able to identify plants without the book during the next summer.</p>
<p>Agreed, everybody who keeps saying years has not given me either</p>
<p>A) The specific question</p>
<p>or </p>
<p>B) A text citation</p>
<p>I still find it possible for months to be the answer.</p>
<p>It was verbatim from the first sentence in the second paragraph. It was “years.” Sorry that you guys didn’t see it, but you should just accept it at this point.</p>
<p>Haha. No one should accept anything at this point — you are relying on an online forum of strangers for intellectual support. Nothing is definite. We are merely debating answers.</p>
<p>NO, it was months, the question had nothing to do with how long it took her to become companions with her book, wow.</p>
<p>Exactly, the question directly referred to the time range from when she didn’t fully understand the book to when she did. Sorry you didn’t see the question. All of you guys keep referring to a quote from the passage that was meant to trick you. </p>
<p>Thus, months is the answer.</p>
<p>I think the answers’ probably years but I really hope I’m wrong (cause I put months).</p>
<p>I haven’t heard one legitimate justification for “years” besides </p>
<p>it wus in the text!</p>
<p>^Yeah I spent sooooo long looking for it</p>
<p>the only part I saw was “next summer…”</p>
<p>Uh… it WAS in the text. That’s the only proof you need. Since when are inferrences abundant on the ACT? Lulz.</p>
<p>Sigh…</p>
<p>I already acknowledged it was in the text. </p>
<p>However, you clearly did not understand the question the ACT was asking.</p>
<p>Does anybody, word for word, remember the question asked?</p>
<p>Does anybody, word for word, want to wait a mere 10 days to see their score?</p>
<p>about the second set being the last set, i said that it was the last set because in the first line of the story it said something like “as the second set came to an end the club was winding down…” to that effect. then it kind of introduced the blues guy as if he were unexpected and unusual for a normal night. just my thought process.</p>
<p>i also put “months” for the flowers book, but now im reconsidering because of the big argument here. im 90% sure the question asked when she started to become familiar with it, not for how long she had been using it. therefore i used the “next summer” line and said months. but knowing ACT, it probably is years (i didn’t catch the “over the next few years” part, sucks).</p>
<p>It said that the locals waited for Sunday nights when after the 2nd set they could perform.</p>
<p>But here is the problem. Why would it take her years to “be familiar” with the book when she could accurately name plants the following summer?</p>
<p>Actually IDK I would prefer to have my scores today. 10 Days is forever.</p>
<p>Dabigdawg72,</p>
<p>That is something that you would think should happen, but answers to questions on the ACT (and the SAT, in fact), are simply in the reading or inferred from the reading. You’re assuming too much about the time it would take for her to be familiar with the book. You can’t assume anything.</p>
<p>Exactly, I agree with you. But in the text it said it took her years to be “companions” with the book. However, it also said in the text that by next summer “she was familiar with it”. </p>
<p>The question asked how long it took for her to be familiar with the book.
There is a clear dichotomy between the two you obviously aren’t understanding.</p>
<p>Jhustine, the question was referring to the time it took her to (once again) be familiar with the book.
Since she said “next summer” we can clearly infer it as being "several months. It is possible to wear and tear a book in the span of several months.</p>