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Question
The author chose to remain silent on their return journey because he thought the boys ______.
Options
would prefer to keep their secret
were ashamed of their sister’s condition
would avoid telling him the truth
might ask him for money for their sister
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Solution
The author chose to remain silent on their return journey because he thought the boys would prefer to keep their secret.
Explanation:
The narrator notes that the boys ‘sat beside me, not speaking,’ and he himself ‘did not say a word I knew they would prefer to feel that they had safely kept their secret.’
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