Question

Which quotation from the text best shapes the central idea that when a tornado strikes her home for the second time, Sydney becomes aware of what she values most in life?
"'I haven’t even had time to get used to the new back door yet,' she thought as Sophie disappeared upstairs."

"'Everything that matters to me, everything that can’t be replaced, is already here; I didn’t need to bring anything else,' she said."

"'We now live in fear of supercells and sirens and everything we might lose again,' she thought."


"'We have our shelter in the basement if we need it. We’ll keep the news on and be smart, but we don’t need to freak out.'"

Answer 1

The quotation that best shapes the central idea is the following: "'Everything that matters to me, everything that can’t be replaced, is already here; I didn’t need to bring anything else,' she said.". Here the speaker explains that what she values most in life is already with her and she describes those things as irreplaceable. It may be a reference to a family member or a very important object of her life. The rest of the quotations makes references to habits and fears that do not match with the central idea mentioned before (when a tornado strikes her home for the second time, Sydney becomes aware of what she values most in life).