"The Young Girl" is a 1920 short story by Katherine Mansfield. In the story, the narrator takes an unnamed seventeen-year-old girl and her younger brother out for a meal. In describing the teenager, Mansfield frequently contrasts the characters pleasant appearance with her unpleasant attitude, as when Mansfield writes of the teenager, __ Mark for Review Which quotation from "The Young Girl" most effectively illustrates the claim? A "I heard her murmur.1 can't bear flowers on a table." They had evidently been giving her intense pain for she positively closed her eyes as I moved them away." B "While we waited she took out a little gold powder-box with a mirror in the lid. shook the poor little puff as though she loathed it, and dabbed her lovely nose. C "I saw, after that,she couldn't stand this place a moment longer,and, indeed, she jumped up and turned away while I went through the vulgar act of paying for the tea." D "She didn't even take her gloves off. She lowered her eyes and drummed on the table. When a faint violin sounded she winced and bit her lip again. Silence."

## Step 1<br />The problem is asking us to identify the quotation from "The Young Girl" that most effectively illustrates the claim that the narrator contrasts the girl's pleasant appearance with her unpleasant attitude. <br /><br />## Step 2<br />We need to analyze each option and determine which one best exemplifies the contrast between the girl's appearance and her attitude.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />Option A talks about the girl's dislike for flowers on a table. This doesn't provide a clear contrast between her appearance and her attitude.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />Option B describes the girl's interaction with a gold powder-box. She shakes it as if she loathed it and dabs her lovely nose. This shows a clear contrast between her pleasant appearance and her unpleasant attitude.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Option C talks about the girl's discomfort in a place. This doesn't provide a clear contrast between her appearance and her attitude.<br /><br />## Step 6<br />Option D describes the girl's reaction to silence. This doesn't provide a clear contrast between her appearance and her attitude.