Read the following passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should

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Read the following passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

A local man, staying on the top floor of an old wooden house, was awakened at midnight by a fire. Losing his way in a smoke- filled passage, he missed the stairway and went into another room. He picked up a bundle to protect his face from the fire and immediately fell through the floor below where he managed to escape through a clear doorway. The "bundle" proved to be the baby of the Mayor's wife. filled passage, he missed the stairway and went into another room. He picked up a bundle to protect his face from the fire and immediately fell through the floor below where he managed to escape through a clear doorway. The "bundle" proved to be the baby of the Mayor's wife. The "hero" was congratulated by all. The man went into another room because

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The passage states, "Losing his way in a smoke- filled passage, he missed the stairway and went into another room." This directly attributes him going into another room to the fact that the passage was full of smoke, causing him to lose his way.

A) He missed the stairway because he lost his way, and the reason for losing his way was the smoke. This is a consequence, not the primary reason given for going into another room.
B) This is directly stated in the passage as the reason he lost his way and subsequently went into another room.
C) The passage does not mention his emotional state.
D) He picked up the bundle *after* going into the other room, not as the reason for entering it.

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he did not know where exactly the stairway was

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the passage was full of smoke

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he was extremely nervous

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he stumbled on a bundle.

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