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.”

What is the trouble with Alsace?

[0.8 marks]

• A. It is a small town.
• B. It had the habit of postponing things to the next day.
• C. It is not very good with German.
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B It had the habit of postponing things to the next day.

It had the habit of postponing things to the next day.