Select the correct answer.Which phrase offers the best evidence that the organ player does not have much money? A. "...but the old man's terms were so small, and you know I have always been so fond of music." (paragraph 6) B. "...the old man's clothes were doubtful, and the pallor of poverty lay over his withered features..." (paragraph 5) C. "...the child pointed towards the old man, and then ran up to him and laid a silver coin in his hat." (paragraph 10) D. "...the old man had surely his share in the sensation of melancholy which came over me whenever I heard his music." (paragraph 3)
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Select the correct answer.Which phrase offers the best evidence that the organ player does not have much money? A. "...but the old man's terms were so small, and you know I have always been so fond of music." (paragraph 6) B. "...the old man's clothes were doubtful, and the pallor of poverty lay over his withered features..." (paragraph 5) C. "...the child pointed towards the old man, and then ran up to him and laid a silver coin in his hat." (paragraph 10) D. "...the old man had surely his share in the sensation of melancholy which came over me whenever I heard his music." (paragraph 3)
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The correct answer is B. "...the old man's clothes were doubtful, and the pallor of poverty lay over his withered features..." (paragraph 5). This phrase directly indicates the organ player's financial situation by describing his worn-out clothes and the "pallor of poverty" on his face.
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