HSA 2009 English Item 1

Read the story “Nonrepresentational Art.” Then answer Numbers 1 through 6.

Read the story “Nonrepresentational Art.” Then answer the following item.

Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the story.

Louise, who is a great believer in the benefits of physical exercise, had the idea that it would be a pleasant excursion for us to walk from her house across Tallahassee to her friend’s house.

The narrator most likely uses the words “pleasant excursion” in this sentence to suggest that her sister’s idea is

1. brilliant
2. insightful
3. ridiculous
4. scary