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Distinguish a Narrator's View from Everyone's View - Practice 2

Identify what the narrator directly observes and what is an interpretation.

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Identify what the narrator directly observes and what is an interpretation. A first-person account may be informative while still limited to one observer's position and knowledge.

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I could not hear the announcement reports the narrator's experience; it does not prove that nobody heard it.

I could not hear the announcement reports the narrator's experience; it does not prove that nobody heard it.
Reading model: I could not hear the announcement reports the narrator's experience; it does not prove that nobody heard it.

Original fiction: The Rehearsal Door

From the corridor, I heard a burst of laughter inside the rehearsal room. The door was closed. A minute later, Leah came out carrying a folded script and smiling. I guessed that someone had told a joke. Later Leah explained that a harmless prop had rolled across the floor at the wrong moment. My sound-based guess had not identified the actual event.

Question 1 What did the narrator directly hear?
Question 2 Which statement was initially an inference?
Question 3 What later explanation did Leah provide?
Question 4 What blocked direct sight of the event?
Question 5 What does the passage show about the first guess?