[General] Doubt about an answer given on a test.

[João Gomes Pedro]

Hello fellow members of this wonderful community!

I had an English test very recently, on which a particular question stood out to me.
As you can see in these images my doubt is very simple: On question 2. isn't it possible for option b) to be correct?
The teacher couldn't give me a satisfying clarification, unfortunately, so I'm resorting to all of you.

Any and every comment is very much appreciated!

Here's the full excerpt in case it is needed for context, with a highlight regarding question 2:

Here's the portion of it that made me conclude option b) was equally correct:

And finally here's the question itself:

Note: This is NOT my test.

 

[Rover_KE]

Your third snapshot bears no relation to the other two.

 

[Tdol]

I can't see any of the images.

 

[Rover_KE]

I have to right click on them and 'Open image in new tab'.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

I am terribly sorry, since somehow I copied the wrong image (the last one). It's better if I just link the full album: http://imgur.com/a/adno8
Yet again I'm really sorry, I'm quite new around.

Cheers, João

 

[GoesStation]

Write I'm quite new around here or just I'm quite new here.

Answer b) is "several teens will read Harry Potter books over and over again." The author writes "...many teens... will just start from the first book and read through them all again." I suppose the test writer would point out that many is not the same as several, so b) is wrong.

This is a poorly-constructed question.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

Thanks for the correction, even though it just happened because I didn't proofread my text!
I was referring to the other question, the one directly below the one you mentioned.

The reason I highlighted that whole sentence was because it specifically says "Addopting (...) reading habits are duties parents and teachers share." My understanding of this sentence is that parents and teachers, besides just supporting/encouraging reading habits, should addopt them, and therefore question 2., option b) would be equally correct as c).

 

[Tarheel]

Could you copy and paste from now on?

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

What exactly? I'm quite tired so it might be affecting my judgement.

 

[Tarheel]

None of the links worked for me.

Get some rest.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

Not even the album link I posted later? That's strange...

 

[Tarheel]

Post number 5? Okay, that one works. I can't read it easily though.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

Yes that one. Really? That's unfortunate, I'm sorry. The most important bits are really the sentence underlined in red and the question itself (last picture). If you can give me some insight I'd highly appreciate it! Thank you for your time.

P.S. If anything I may reupload the images, only this time zoomed in.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

Bump*

 

[probus]

Can anyone cast any light on why tdol, ems, tarheel and I can't see what the OP is talking about? I am using Windows 8 and see no attachments at all.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

http://imgur.com/a/adno8 Hope this helps, since apparently attached images don't.

 

[allenman]

Hi Joao
I agree with the earlier poster that (b) is not correct because it says "several" -- this implies just a few. The article (which has grammatical mistakes in it) seems to imply a large number of children. The only answer that follows that line of thinking is (a).

Hope that helps
(not a teacher, but I am a native expert speaker )

 

[Tdol]

I agree with Allenman- the text says that some children's reading only extends to the latest Harry Potter, which makes a) correct, but the word several in b) excludes it from being a correct answer.

 

[Tdol]

Can anyone cast any light on why tdol, ems, tarheel and I can't see what the OP is talking about? I am using Windows 8 and see no attachments at all.

I am using Chrome on Linux Kubuntu, so I can only cast darkness on the question as it doesn't appear to be a browser or OS problem.

 

[João Gomes Pedro]

I am yet again sorry since I wasn't clear enough. I actually debated cropping out the question, since it was the second one. The one you're talking about I'm sure it's that one, my doubt is about the father and teacher's duties (question 2.).