Question

Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

He drooped off to sleep. The cigarette slipped out of his mouth and burnt a great black hole in his only shirt. The smell of the burn awoke him, and he got up, cursing under his breath, and fumbled in the dark for a needle in order to sew up the hole. Otherwise, his wife would see it in the morning and would nag away at him for a couple of hours. But he could not find a needle. He fell asleep again.

Which one of the following statements best sums up the man's reaction to his problem?

• A. The man is extremely upset to find the shirt burnt and frantically tries to repair the damage.
• B. The hole in the shirt and the wife's anticipated nagging are minor problems, the greater one is that the man cannot find a needle.
• C. None of these: the shirt-hole, the nagging and the lack of a needle, are of great consequence.
• D. The man is terrified of his wife and dreads her discovering the burnt shirt.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

None of these: the shirt-hole, the nagging and the lack of a needle, are of great consequence.

The man wanted to sew the hole because he didn't want to be scolded by his wife in the morning. However, the shirt -hole, the nagging and the lack of a needle are of not much importance because even though he worried over these, he went back to sleep. So, the correct answer is option C.