Multiple choice

The author was reluctant to shoot the elephant because he

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

But I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with the preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have. It seemed to me that it would be murder to shoot him. I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to. (Somehow it always seems worse to kill large animals.) Besides, there was the beast's owner to be considered. But I had got to act quickly. I turned to some experienced-looking people who had been there when we arrived, and asked them how the elephant had been behaving. They all said the same thing; he took no notice of you if you left him alone, but he might charge if you went too close to him.

  1. was afraid of it

  2. did not have the experience of shooting big animals

  3. did not wish to kill a harmless animal

  4. did not find the elephant to be ferocious
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The author was neither afraid of the tusker nor is there any indication that he was inexperienced. He was a considerate man who thought that it would be murder to kill a harmless creature.

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