Question

Read the following two statements from the short story, The Medicine Bag, and choose the correct option from the ones given below.

Statement I: “Tomorrow,” he said, “when you come home, it will be time to give you the medicine bag.”

Statement II: I felt a hard squeeze from where my heart is supposed to be and was scared, but I answered, “OK, Grandpa.”

विकल्प

• Statements I and II are similar.

• Statements I and II are not related to each other.

• Statement II is the reason for Statement I.

• Statement I is the reason for Statement IІ.

Answer 1

Statement I is the reason for Statement IІ.

Explanation:

In The Medicine Bag, when Grandpa says it is time to give the medicine bag, it indicates that he feels his end is near. This makes the narrator feel frightened and emotional, which explains the reaction described in Statement II.