MBERS
Reread paragraph 9 of the story. Then answer the multiple-choice questions that
follow.
From "The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us" by Ben Okri
9 I was tempted to offer them some food. But how could I? Where would I start?
The situation was impossible. If you turned around, you would see them all. Then
your situation would be polarized. It would be you and them. But it was never that
way to begin with. We were all at the feast. It's just that you were at the table, and
you began to eat. They weren't at table and they didn't eat. They did nothing.
They didn't even come over, take a plate, and serve themselves. No one told
them, to just stand there watching us eat. They did to themselves.
1. What is the literal meaning of paragraph 9?
OA. The people standing behind will eat after the people sitting are done.
B. The host created this situation as a test to see what the narrator would do.
C. The narrator thinks the best thing to do in this situation is not turn around.
OD. The fact that some get more than others is universal and Impossible to change.