This excerpt is from a humorous book published in 1920. It
chronicles a family's experiences with its first automobile,
which the speaker refers to as "Motor Tyrannicus."
Excerpt from Cape Coddities
by Dennis and Marion Chatham
In the dim days of a decade ago...I
remember yearning for the possession of an
automobile. It mattered not what make, or
shape or size or year. I was oblivious to the
merits of six cylinders as opposed to four. I
laughed at the enthusiast who reckoned upon
the length of wheel-base as deciding his
comfort or the question of demountable rims
as governing his decision as to which make to
select. All I coveted was something on wheels
Reread the paragraph that starts on page 5 and
ends on page 6. How does this paragraph relate
to the passage overall?
It indicates why the narrator did not want to
purchase a car originally.
It creates irony when the author still thinks about
cars and their problems despite having sold his.
It reflects on a problem with car ownership that the
narrator no longer has.
It uses a persuasive tone to encourage others to
sell their cars.
