Question

The author sat peering into the darkness because ___________

• A. He had put out the light.
• B. He wished to see the window.
• C. The window had looked like a plate.
• D. He was afraid.

Answer 1

The correct option is D He was afraid.

Option D is correct because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'I lay still trying to get sleep but my fear made that impossible and soon I sat up in bed peering into the darkness and occasionally glancing around the round window in the side of the ship which seemed like a plate suspended in the darkness.'

There is no evidence in the passage to suggest that Options A, B, and C are the right answers.

Hence, these are incorrect.