<p>From the 2008 Practice Test:</p>
<p>"Mrs. Deverell felt slighted and wounded; going home she was so preoccupied that she passed the wife of the landlord of The Volunteer without seeing her. “I wouldn’t expect Alderhurst people to speak to a barkeep’s wife,” the woman told everyone in the saloon bar. “Even though it was our Gram who laid her husband out when he died.” [All of their kindnesses were remembered and brooded over; any past kindness Mrs. Deverell had done – and they were many – only served to underline the change which had come over her.]</p>
<p>Lines 40-43 (“All of… her”) suggest which of the following about the customers in the saloon bar?</p>
<p>A. They do not recall those occaisons when Mrs. Deverell was kind to them.</p>
<p>D. They are more generous toward themselves than they are toward Mrs. Deverell.</p>
<p>Why is the answer D?</p>
<p>I got this one wrong too. But it’s D because this line right here, “Even though it was our Gram who laid her husband out when he died.” is an example of one their kindness.
And this one here,“[All of their kindnesses were remembered and brooded over; any past kindness Mrs. Deverell had done – and they were many – only served to underline the change which had come over her.]” is saying that their kindness were pretty much rememered, while the kindness Mrs. Deverell had done kind of faded away, or is not as important. </p>
<p>Answer choice D says they were more generous towards themselves, meaning they only remember the good that they had done, and don’t really care about Mrs. Deverll’s kindness.</p>
<p>I don’t quite comprehend it but choice A is too absolute and is not mentioned in the text. Also note that the text implicitly displays a comparison there. (all of their kindness blah blah blah and the kindness Mrs. D has done blah blah blah) So I would readily guess D.</p>
<p>they do recall the occasions when Mrs. Deverall was kind to them, since “any past kindness Mrs. Deverell had done – and they were many – only served to underline the change which had come over her”, although they are more generous to themselves because they acknowledge their own kindnesses while ignoring her’s.</p>