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.

Why were the boys bewildered?

  1. The boys were bewildered to see how the scientist had made the human body transparent.

  2. They boys were bewildered to see a transparent human body.

  3. They were bewildered to see that there were just the footprints being made, while there was no body to be seen around.

  4. They were bewildered to see that somebody was walking without wearing shoes.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option C is correct because the boys saw 'fresh muddy imprints of a pair of bare feet' but could see no one making them - 'a fresh footmark appeared from nowhere!' The passage reveals they were following an invisible scientist. Option A is wrong because they didn't see how he became transparent. Option B has a minor typo ('They' instead of 'The') and is incorrect. Option D is wrong because the bare feet were not the main mystery.

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