Question

Mrs. Dorling took the possessions of the things on the pretence of __________.
A. using them
B. selling them
C. keeping them safe
D. Both (A) and (B)​

Answer 1

Mrs.Dorling took the possessions of the things on pretense of​ by keeping them safe.

Explanation:

• The narrator was in search of her mother's belongings.

• Mrs. Dorling kept her belongings safe after her mother died, narrator's mother told her that Mrs.Dorling wanted to keep her mother's nice possesions.

• The narrator happened to visit Mrs. Dorling's house two times, the first time the lady denied knowing the narrator.

• The second time a girl opened the door and let her wait in the living room, the narrator recognized her mother's stuff but left the home as she did not want to possess them anymore.

Answer 2

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Mrs. Dorling took the possessions of the things on the pretence of by keeping them safe.