Question

Statement I: ‘...the solvent spread on the linoleum, licking, eating, under the kitchen door, while the voices took it up in chorus: “Fire! fire! fire!”

Statement II: ‘While scurrying water rats squeaked from the walls, pistolled their water, and ran for more. And the wall sprays let down showers of mechanical rain.’

Options

• Statements I and II are similar.

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

• Statement I is the reason for Statement II.

• Statement II is the reason for Statement I.

Answer 1

Statement I is the reason for Statement II.

Explanation:

• Statement I mentions the solvent spreading and people crying “Fire! Fire!” - indicating that a fire had broken out.
• Statement II indicates water rats squeaking and water raining down like mechanical rain, showing the effect of fire hoses being used to extinguish a fire.

Thus, the fire specified in Statement I creates the water sprays described in Statement II. Thus, Statement I is the cause, and Statement II is the effect.