Describe the new house.

• A. Three stories, no banister, no places to explore
• B. Two stories, with a banister
• C. Three stories, with a long staircase
• D. One story, with a banister

Answer: (A)

Descriptive details about setting reveal how the author frames the new house and how the character feels in that space. The best choice mirrors the text’s exact depiction: a three-story house without a banister and with no places to explore. The three stories give the sense of a large, imposing structure. The absence of a banister signals safety concerns and a lack of familiar safety features, while having no places to explore emphasizes restriction and unfamiliarity in the new environment. The other options introduce elements (a banister, a different number of stories, or a long staircase) that don’t align with the described setting, and they would imply a different mood or level of access than what the passage conveys.