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Keep ambiguity when the text keeps it - Paper 4

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Original complete short passage, 'Curtain seam': Leah waited at the stage door with the costume she had torn. She had sewn the seam again, leaving the stitches visible. Inside, a rehearsal stopped. She lifted her hand to knock, lowered it and checked the thread. Then she knocked and called the director's name. A strip of light appeared beneath the door; nobody had yet opened it.

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  1. In 'Curtain seam', what can 'lifted her hand to knock, lowered it' suggest? Distinguish an inference from a stated fact.
  2. State one action the ending confirms and one outcome it leaves unknown.
  3. Revise the claim 'The ending of Curtain seam proves everyone forgives the character.' using evidence.

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