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ACT Reading 2.2 Prose Fiction. Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would not be a reasonable assumption to make about Fortunato?

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by fine wine. According to Poe...

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it's to die for.

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Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would NOT be a reasonable

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assumption to make about Fortunato?

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To answer this one, we have to remember all the hints that the passage drops about Fortunato.

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If we don't remember off the top of our head, we just fix the answer choices in our

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minds and give the passage a quick skim to find out all the fun facts about this guy.

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Too bad we can't just check out his Facebook page.

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Now that we've skimmed, we're sure that we can eliminate (A). Of course this guy is

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a wine buff. It's... kinda what the plot of this whole story is based on.

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(A) is a no. The story also explicitly tells us that Fortunato

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isn't interested in gems and art.

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Choice (B) is out of the running. The narrator specifically says how much Fortunato

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gets into the carnival season.

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We can sweep (D) off the table.

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There is nothing in the passage that says Fortunato is related to the narrator.

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(C) is the only untrue statement in the bunch, and therefore the correct answer.

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We're beginning to see why the narrator wants to off this guy...

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