Previous question:

Which of the following choices best describes Elie at the beginning of the story?

Which of the following examples from the text best support your response to the previous question?

a
“Physically he was awkward as a clown. His waiflike shyness made people laugh.”
b
“First you must study the basic subjects, those you are able to comprehend.”
c
“My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental.”
d
“By day I studied the Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.”

The example that best supports the response to the previous question is:

a) "Physically he was awkward as a clown. His waiflike shyness made people laugh."