Read the test items given below and pick the option that best identifies its purpose.
(I) Who do you think is the protagonist of the story ?
(II) Why is the author telling us his/her story ?
(III) Draw a verbal picture of the protagonist using details from the story.
(IV) Give 2 reasons to justify why X is the protagonist of the story.

A	B	C	D
identifying purpose	Extracting a single piece of information from the text	Extracting multiple pieces of information from the text	inference

Correct option is A

I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
In this test, the purpose of each item can be identified as follows: 'Who do you think is the protagonist of the story?' is about extracting a single piece of information (I-B). 'Why is the author telling us his/her story?' aims at identifying the purpose (II-A). 'Draw a verbal picture of the protagonist using details from the story' is about extracting multiple pieces of information (III-C). Finally, 'Give 2 reasons to justify why X is the protagonist of the story' involves making an inference (IV-D).