Two of these women were dressed like good bourgeoises of Paris. Their fine white ruffs; their petticoats of linsey-
woolsey, striped red and blue; their white knitted
stockings, with clocks embroidered in colors... announced
that they belonged to that class wives which holds the
middle ground between what the lackeys call a woman
and what they term a lady.
-The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Victor Hugo
Use context to determine which choice best defines the
underlined word?
O female royalty
O male peasant farmers
O female middle-class people
male taxpayers or laborers

Araby every morning i lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. the blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that i could not be seen. when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. i ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. i kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, i quickened my pace and passed her. this happened morning after morning. i had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. what is the general tone of the passage? a. courageous b. comical c. passionate d. fearful