excerpt from A Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that
eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of
my adventures. They were truly so wonderful that even now
I am bewildered when I think of them.
My uncle was a German, having married my mother's sister,
an Englishwoman. Being very much attached to his
fatherless nephew, he invited me to study under him in his
home in the fatherland. This home was in a large town, and
my uncle a professor of philosophy, chemistry, geology,
mineralogy, and many other ologies.
One day, after passing some hours in the
laboratory-my uncle being absent at the time-I suddenly
felt the necessity of renovating the tissues-i.e., I was
hungry, and was about to rouse up our old French cook,
when my uncle, Professor Von Hardwigg, suddenly opened
the street door, and came rushing upstairs.
Now Professor Hardwigg, my worthy uncle, is by no means
a bad sort of man; he is, however, choleric and original. To
bear with him means to obey; and scarcely had his heavy
feet resounded within our joint domicile than he shouted for
me to attend upon him.
"Harry-Harry-Harry-"
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Select the correct answer.
Which statement best expresses the narrator's relationship with his uncle?
O A.
OB.
O C.
O D.
The narrator dislikes sharing a residence with his uncle.
The narrator appeases his uncle's whims.
The narrator's uncle enjoys dining with him.
The narrator's uncle is too busy to spend time with him.
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