Question

I heard Mr.Hamel say to me, “I won’t scold you lil Franz; you must feel bad enough. See how it is! Everyday we say to ourselves ‘Bah! I’ve plenty of time. I’ll learn it tomorrow.’ And now you see where we’ve come out. Ah, that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off learning till tomorrow. ‘Now those fellows out there will have the right to say to you, ‘How is it: you pretend to be Frenchmen, and yet you can neither speak nor write your own language? But you are not the worst, poor little Franz. We’ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with.”

Why did Mr. Hamel say that he won’t scold Franz?

[0.8 marks]

• A. Because Franz had studied well
• B. Because he had already punished Franz
• C. Because he thought that Franz was already feeling bad enough
• D. Because he no longer had to learn French

Answer 1

The correct option is C Because he thought that Franz was already feeling bad enough

Mr. Hamel thought that Franz was already feeling bad enough for the situation that they were all in.