Question

Identify the main idea/point of the following:
Through the long, carpeted hallways, where her dorm mates silently threw questioning glances at her, out through the majestic steel gates that barricaded the college grounds from the outside world, and down the road that led to her home Clara ran.
a) Clara runs away from college.
b) Clara drops out of college.
c) Clara stays in a dorm at a college.
d) Clara’s dorm mates dislike her

Answer 1

Hint:
To be able to distinguish between the given options, one must understand what the basic gist of the paragraph is. The paragraph talks about a lot of details regarding the person and their surroundings, one must look for the main idea in the given passage.

Complete answer:
As we read through the paragraph, we realize that the things written about the hallways or the dorm mates or the structure of the college are just a build-up to emphasize the point that the girl is running away from her college.
Option a points out exactly the idea that we established in the above section. Clearly, it is the correct option.
Option b, this point has not been mentioned anywhere in the paragraph, it only says that she is running away from the college, hence option b is incorrect.
Option c, clearly, this is not the point, those details are just to emphasize the actual point, hence, option c is an incorrect option.
Option d, again, that is just one line in the paragraph, hence is an incorrect option. Clearly, option a, is the correct answer.

Note: The most important part of solving this question would be to understand which point is being emphasized and which sentence is simply making a point.