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 NOT true?

  1. He was not leaving any footprints behind before he stepped in mud.

  2. When he stepped in mud, his body became visible, it was not transparent.

  3. When he made his body transparent by eating drugs his hands and feet also became transparent.

  4. When he stepped in mud, he started leaving footprints behind.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The passage states Griffin was invisible until he stepped in mud and left footprints. Before stepping in mud, he was not leaving any footprints because his transparent body didn't create visible impressions. Only when he stepped in mud did he start leaving footprints. Option A correctly identifies that he was NOT leaving footprints before stepping in mud. Options B, C, and D are either not stated in the passage or contradict the given information.

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