Read the passage given below and choose the option that best fits 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.

The man got up to search for a needle because ______.

his wife would be very upset

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the cigarette had damaged his only shirt

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he wanted to mend the shirt

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the burn-hole was huge and black

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The correct option is C he wanted to mend the shirt
According to the third sentence, the man searched for a needle to sew up the hole the cigarette burned in his shirt. Hence, C is the correct answer.
Other choices are incorrect.

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The correct option is C he wanted to mend the shirtAccording to the third sentence, the man searched for a needle to sew up the hole the cigarette burned in his shirt. Hence, C is the correct answer.Other choices are incorrect.

The correct option is C he wanted to mend the shirt
According to the third sentence, the man searched for a needle to sew up the hole the cigarette burned in his shirt. Hence, C is the correct answer.
Other choices are incorrect.