Question

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage?

Then he asked me my name. Scarcely had I uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment.

A) The sentence implies that the attendant knows the Colonel.
B) The sentence implies that the Colonel is giving up on life.
C) The sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired.
D) The sentence implies that the Colonel recognizes the attendant's name.

Answer 1

D) The sentence implies that the Colonel recognizes the attendant's name.

This sentence is all about the Colonel's behavior. The Colonel does not act differently until after the attendant reveals his name. Therefore, the Colonel recognizes the attendant's name. None of the other options are correct.

However, the Colonel believes the attendant said the name Colombo, but that is not the attendant's name and the attendant sets him straight.