A detail question about someone's reason tests whether you can explain why they do something. Find the lines about that moment, and read the whole sentence along with the one before it. Then put the reason in a few words so you can predict the answer. Check who does what and what made them do it. Wrong choices may use real details without showing why the person acted.
Hints
- Hint 1
Look at the shift from Ella's usual feelings to today. What does the sentence beginning with Today tell you to look for next?
- Hint 2
Find the word because and read the cause that follows it. How does that cause explain the earlier departure?
Step-by-step
Find today's reason
Step 1Separate today from the usual
The opening says Ella adored dawn, but Today, however points to a change. Why does that matter when we're asked about leaving earlier than usual? The text says she's up for a different reason this time, so her usual enjoyment of dawn isn't today's cause.
- Step 2
Find the stated cause
What reason does the next sentence give? The bakery had asked her to arrive an hour early because an unexpected order for two dozen croissants had come in overnight. The word because tells us why the bakery needs her sooner: there's a new order to handle. Put that in a few words: she leaves early to meet a work request.
- Step 3
Check the reason in new words
Does to fulfill an unexpected order fit the passage's cause? Fulfill means to complete, so the phrase says how Ella's early arrival would help with the new order. The choice also keeps the bakery's request as her reason for leaving, matching asked her to arrive an hour early. Choice C.