NSW Year 9 English free practice questions with answers

Correct answer: A — that every place deserved to be remembered

• What is the question asking? It asks for a fact that the text states.
• Go back to the text and find the evidence: “every place deserved to be remembered”
• The first paragraph gives his words.
• So the correct answer is A (that every place deserved to be remembered).
• Why the other options are wrong:
• B (that maps should always be accurate): It is tempting because Odalys is the one who values accuracy, but that is her own habit. Her father's words, when she was six, were that every place deserved to be remembered.
• C (that she must follow his career): Her father is a surveyor, so following his career seems natural. But the text only says he put a pencil in her hand and spoke about remembering places, not about any career.
• D (that coastlines never change): She can draw the county coastline from memory, which might suggest the idea of coastlines. Her father's words were about places deserving to be remembered, not about coastlines staying the same.
• Check it against the evidence. Check the detail: “every place deserved to be remembered” points to ‘that every place deserved to be remembered’, so the other choices do not fit.

Go back to the text and find the exact words that answer the question, then match them to an option.