A quotation question tests whether you can find a line that shows what a writer claims. Start by putting the claim in a few words. If the passage contrasts a change with something that stays the same, ask which side the claim describes. Then predict the kind of detail that would show it, and put each quotation in plain words. Reject lines that share the topic without showing what the claim says about it.
Hints
- Hint 1
Reread the assertion after “Even so” for what the writer says has stayed the same.
- Hint 2
Ask what each quotation actually proves. What in its words would support the writer’s comparison with the station’s opening in 1912?
Step-by-step
Match the quotation to the claim
Step 1Put the claim in a few words
The station still feels exactly as it did, the writer says, despite the upgrades. What kind of detail would support that? We need evidence of the old feel surviving the renovation, so let’s predict something that connects a visitor’s experience now with the station when it opened.
- Step 2
Check what the renovation details show
The line about overnight shifts tells us when the crews worked, and 60 percent less electricity describes lower power use. What does under budget add? It shows money saved. These details don’t describe the station’s feel, which is what still feels exactly as it did asks us to prove.
- Step 3
Connect the preserved feature to the old feel
What does the line about the stained-glass windows show? The windows were cleaned and reinstalled, so their original patterns still cast colored light onto the platform. The old windows still create the same patterns of colored light, linking the renovated station to when it first opened in 1912. Because light and color shape how a place feels, keeping them supports the writer’s claim. Choice C.