Question

Read the passage given below and choose the option that best fits the question that follows:

He dropped 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 woke up in the dark because ________.

• A. the cigarette had burnt his favourite shirt
• B. the smell of the burn awoke him
• C. the cigarette had to be lit, again
• D. the cigarette had burnt him

Answer 1

The correct option is B the smell of the burn awoke him

According to the second sentence, the cigarette burnt a black hole in his only shirt. The smell of this burn awoke him. Hence, option B is correct.