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

PassageThe drama of birth passed, the midwife grew restless. She became conscious of the outer world. There were high excited voices, wagons clattered over stones, She turned to the window. Neighbours with carts piled high with household possessions hurried by. They called out to her. For a moment the woman hesitated. She looked at the mother on the bed with the infant in her arms, the excitement of the outside world seized her. Quickly she left the room. The small boy knelt as his mother's bedside, his little face against hers. Softly he kissed the pale cheek. The boy's heart had become a man's. He tried by touch and look to speak his love, his admiration. His mother smiled at him as she soothed the baby, glad to be free from pain. But presently the noise of the departing townspeople reached her ears. She stirred uneasily and fear crept into her eyes. Passionately she held her little one to her.

How did the small boy show his love to her mother?

  1. The boy sat by her mother's bed side, he kissed her pale cheek and he tried by touch and look to express his love, his admiration.

  2. He showed his love for his mother by sitting beside her.

  3. He showed his love by kissing her cheeks.

  4. He showed his love by touching her.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Option A correctly captures all three ways the boy showed love: kneeling by the bedside, kissing the pale cheek, and trying through touch and look to express love and admiration. The passage explicitly states all these actions. Options B, C, and D each mention only one aspect of his expression of love, making them incomplete compared to the comprehensive description in A.

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