Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The White Cat, that we called it, lived at the back of a shelf at the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all over.

  1. that we called it, lived at the back of a shelf at the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all over.

  2. what we called it, lived at the back of a shelf at the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all over.

  3. as we called it, lived at the back of a shelf in the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all of the time.

  4. as we called it, lived at the back of a shelf at the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all over.

  5. That is what we called it, lived at the back of a shelf at the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all over the time.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence uses the pronoun 'that' to introduce the clause 'we called it'. This option uses the correct conjunction 'as'.