What is the main point of this essay?

A short walk can help a stuck mind find an answer. (The writer walks when a problem will not move, and comes home with one part of it clear. The essay is about thinking, not about exercise.)

According to the essay, what happens when the writer stays at the desk?

The writer's mind goes in a small circle. (The second paragraph says directly: 'My mind goes in a small circle.')

What does the essay suggest about where the answer came from?

It was already in the writer's head and only needed space. (The writer corrects the reader: 'The answer was not on the street. It was already in my head, but it needed room.')

The writer calls a walk a "cheap tool". Here, cheap means

costing almost nothing and easy to use (Nothing in the essay says the walk works badly. The point is that it takes ten minutes and no money, so 'cheap' means it costs almost nothing.)

Ten Minutes of Walking: Level 1 Reading Comprehension Questions

When I cannot solve a problem, I stop and go for a walk.

At my desk, I stare at the same screen and the same words. My mind goes in a small circle. Outside, the street gives me new things to look at. A bus, a dog, a red door. My body moves, and my thoughts begin to move too.

I do not try to think hard while I walk. That is the point. I let the problem sit in the back of my mind. Often, by the time I come home, one small part of it has become clear. The answer was not on the street. It was already in my head, but it needed room.

Ten minutes is enough. A walk is a cheap tool, and I keep forgetting to use it.

Comprehension questions