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PART A: What did Mrs. Hale think of the late John Wright? PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
- A“I spoke to Wright about [getting a telephone] once before and he put me off, saying folks talked too much anyway, and all he asked was peace and quiet” ( Paragraph 10)
- B“Well, I don’t know as Wright had [the homemaking instinct], either.” ( Paragraph 47)
- C“I don’t think a place’d be any cheerfuller for John Wright’s being in it.” ( Paragraph 49)
- D“Yes — good; he didn’t drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess, and paid his debts” ( Paragraph 119)