Question

Read these lines from the
excerpt again:
A very handsome young lady in the store offered me a pair of blue gloves. I did not want blue, but she said
they would look very pretty on a hand like mine. The remark touched me tenderly. I glanced furtively at my
hand, and somehow it did seem rather a comely member. I tried a glove on my left, and blushed a little.
These lines from the excerpt show that the narrator is (4 points)
• good looking
• impressionable
O strong-willed
C indecisive

Answer 1

2. Impressionable. The young lady made an impression on the person after making a comment on which gloves to buy, as the person states that ‘the remark touched me tenderly’. This shows that the person was convinced, or is impressionable because of the one comment from the young lady.