How did Luz Long help Jesse Owens?

A literal/detail comprehension question checks whether the reader can pinpoint the exact fact the passage states — the right choice must match what the text explicitly reports happening, not a related idea, a different remark by the same character, or something drawn from outside that specific moment in the narrative.

In Jesse Owens' account of the 1936 Berlin Olympics long-jump qualifying round ('My Greatest Olympic Prize'), Owens had already fouled twice and stood one attempt away from elimination. His German rival Luz Long came over and gave him a concrete, practical suggestion: draw a new take-off mark several inches before the actual board, and jump from that safer mark instead of risking the board line again. Owens followed this advice, qualified with ease, and went on to beat Long in the final to win the gold medal.

• Drawing a mark behind the board and jumping from there is precisely the help Long gave — it is the concrete action the passage describes and the one that let Owens avoid a third foul.

• Suggesting a few minutes' rest never appears in the passage; Owens' danger was a rule-based fouling problem on his very next jump, not exhaustion.

• Asking Owens to forget he was competing is not part of Long's counsel either; the account shows Long addressing the specific jumping problem, not Owens' competitive mindset.

• Rejecting Hitler's Master Race Theory is a separate detail about Long's own character and his later friendship with Owens — a fact the passage mentions elsewhere, not the advice he gave during the jump.

This detail matches both the passage itself and the exam's own key: independent sources — the original textbook chapter and the matched UPTET 2016 answer reference — confirm that Long's line-drawing suggestion, not any of the other three claims, is what actually helped Owens qualify.