Why does the narrator in Sorrentino’s “There’s a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella” refuse to take the man with the umbrella to the police station? Select all that apply.

He thinks the police would be just as likely to arrest him.

He does not want to be bothered with all the questioning.

He wants to figure out why the man is hitting him with the umbrella first.

He does not think the man with the umbrella would last long in prison.

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I would say A and C but i don't know, let me take the test and make sure im right.

The answers are:

He thinks the police would be just as likely to arrest him.

He does not want to be bothered with all the questioning.

The answer can be found in this excerpt when he is explaining that he thought on going to the police but he did not “It would have been an unprecedented case. The officer would have looked at me suspiciously, would have asked for my papers, and begun asking embarrassing questions. And he might even have ended up placing me under arrest.”