Read the excerpt from matilda by roald dahl.

"what about something much harder, like two times four hundred and eighty-seven? could you tell me that? "

"i think so, yes," matilda said.

"are you sure? "

"why yes, miss honey, i'm fairly sure."

"what is it then, two times four hundred and eighty-seven? "

which statement is best supported by the dialogue?

matilda is very good at multiplication, but she does not know how to divide.
miss honey desperately wants matilda to get a wrong answer.
miss honey is stunned by matilda’s ability to multiply high numbers.
matilda wants to impress miss honey with her multiplication skills.

im pretty sure its Miss Honey is stunned by Matilda’s ability to multiply high numbers.

Miss Honey is stunned by Matilda’s ability to multiply high numbers.

Explanation:

Miss Honey seems to want to know if Matilda can multiply high numbers. She says "Are you sure?" as if she doubts Matilda's ability and then asks her to prove herself. Matilda does not seem as though she's trying to impress Miss Honey since she seems rather relaxed in the dialogue. She says, "I think so, yes" and "I'm fairly sure" which shows that she believes she can do it but isn't necessarily eager for this line of questioning.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”