Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.
Cable messages from Europe to the United States
traveled through transatlantic cables that passed deep
in the English Channel. The British saw the cables as
an opportunity to gain access to secret diplomatic
messages sent from Berlin to its ambassador in
Washington, D.C. Knowing they couldn't tap the cables
the way they could tap phone lines, the British did the
next best thing. The cable ship Telconia cut all five of
the cables that carried communications through the
channel. To make sure that the sabotage had a lasting
effect, the Telconia rolled up a few of the cable ends on
her drums and carried them to England. This act of
sabotage was Great Britain's first offensive act of the
war.
Which inference can a reader make based on the
information in the excerpt?
O The Germans often sent important messages
concerning their war efforts to their ambassador in
Washington, D.C.
O Although the British cut the underwater cables, the
Germans planned to lay new ones as quickly m
possible.
O Without the underwater cables, the Germans had no
way of communicating with their ambassadors.
O The German ambassador in Washington, D.C. was
unaware that the cables had been cut by the British.