At some point in the book, why doesn't Aliya want to be the grown-up girl she always want to be anymore?

Analyzing the question

This is a literature-in-English style comprehension question about a book, but the question doesn't name the book or give a passage. It asks why Aliya no longer wants to be the "grown-up girl" she always wanted to be.

Working through it

Without the text, I can only reason from the options and the wording of the question:

• Option D (she loves food): Nothing connects loving food to giving up the wish to grow up. This is a distractor.
• Option C (she likes to remain a child): This restates the idea in the question without giving a reason. The question asks why, and this only describes the result.
• Option B (she doesn't feel anything when she is 16): This is vague and doesn't give a clear cause for the change of mind.
• Option A (she thinks her father is dead): This gives a real event-based reason. A major loss or grief can make a child stop wanting to grow up, because the milestones she once looked forward to lose their meaning. It is the only option that gives a cause, and it is a plausible emotional turning point in a story.

I can't verify it against the book's text, since the passage isn't provided. But it fits the reasoning above, so I have no grounds to dispute it.

Answer: A. she thinks her father is dead

Exam tip: In "why" questions on a novel or passage, look for the option that states a cause, usually a major event or emotion. Options that merely restate the situation, or that bring in unrelated details like food, are usually distractors. Also, if your syllabus has a set text, revise the key turning points of each major character, because JAMB often asks about them.