Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

PassageThe explanation of the mystery was really simple enough. The bewildered boys had been following a scientist who had just discovered how to make the human body transparent. Griffin, the scientist, had carried out some experiment after experiment to prove that the human body could become invisible. Finally when he swallowed certain rare drugs and his body became as transparent as a sheet of glass. Griffin was also a lawless person. He once set fire to his landlord's house. To get away without being seen he had to remove his clothes. Then he became a homeless wanderer, without clothes, without money but quite invisible until he happened to step in some mud and left footprints as he walked.

Which one of the following four statements about Griffin is true?

  1. As a result of eating those rare drugs, his body became transparent for some time only.

  2. He failed in making the human body invisible.

  3. His body changed from transparent to 'visible' when he felt cold.

  4. His body was invisible but his clothes made him visible.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

According to the passage, Griffin became invisible (transparent) after taking the drugs, but he became visible when he wore clothes. The passage states he was invisible without clothes until he stepped in mud and left footprints. The key point is that his body was invisible, but clothes made him visible - which is why he had to remove his clothes to escape unseen after setting fire to his landlord's house.

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