Question

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 cigarette fell out of the man's mouth because _____.

• A. he fell off his stool
• B. he was surprised to see that it had made a hole in his shirt
• C. he fell asleep while smoking
• D. he fumbled in the dark for a needle

Answer 1

The correct option is C he fell asleep while smoking

The man falls asleep. Then, the cigarette slips out of his mouth. C correctly answers why the cigarette fell out of the man's mouth. C is the correct answer.

We reject the other choices. They don't answer the question.