Passage

In front of us was walking a bare- headed old man in tattered clothes. He was driving his beasts. The

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Passage

In front of us was walking a bare- headed old man in tattered clothes. He was driving his beasts. They were all laden with heavy loads of clay from the hills and looked tired. The man carried a long whip which perhaps he himself had made. As he walked down the road he stopped now and then to eat the wild berries that grew on bushes along the uneven road. When he threw away the seeds, the bold birds would fly to peck at them. Sometimes a stray dog watched the procession philosophically and then began to bark. When this happened, my two little sons would stand still holding my hands firmly. A dog can sometimes be dangerous indeed.

The author's children held his hands firmly because

Accepted Answer

The passage explicitly states, "When this happened [a stray dog began to bark], my two little sons would stand still holding my hands firmly. A dog can sometimes be dangerous indeed." This directly links the children holding hands firmly to their fear or caution regarding the barking dogs.

Option A is correct because the passage directly states the children held hands firmly when the dog barked, followed by the author's thought that "A dog can sometimes be dangerous indeed," implying fear.

Option B is incorrect because while the old man ate berries, there is no mention of the children wanting them or holding hands for that reason.

Option C is incorrect because the children holding hands firmly is linked to the dog barking, not to seeing the old man's whip.

Option D is incorrect because although the road was uneven, the passage does not attribute the children holding hands firmly to the road's condition; it attributes it to the barking dog.

Answer

they were scared of the barking dogs

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they wanted him to pluck berries

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they saw the whip in the old man's hand

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the road was uneven.

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