1)      Which text from the novel is the best example of colloquial language?

I.                    “…the minute hand and the hour hand folded perpetually together as if in prayer” (29)

II.                  “ ‘Course,’ said Fevvers, ‘he never got nowhere’ “ (19)

III.                “ ‘Nobody. I meself” (19)

IV.                “The clown may be the source of mirth, but- who shall make the clown laugh?” (121)

a.       II

b.      III

c.       IV

d. II and III

e.      IV and II

Explanations:
a. This answer is wrong because this is an example of a metaphor or personification, not colloquial language.
b. This answer is right, but there is a better answer.
c. This answer is wrong because it is simply asking a question, and has no colloquial language
d. This answer is right because the diction Fevvers uses ("never got nowhere" and "meself") are informal language, and stem from her Cockney background.
e. This answer is wrong because IV is not an example of colloqiual language.