Question
The following text is adapted from Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel, Oil! The narrator, a young man called Bunny, is describing troubles his father currently faces as the owner of an oil field where the workers are on strike because of the harsh working conditions. Dad told how there had been a little fuss on the property.one of the strikers had got into a fight with a guard at night __ the captain of the guards had threatened to withdraw them all if Dad did not turn the strikers out of the bunk-house and off the property. They had finally compromised by Dad's putting up a fence between the rest of the property, and the part near the road which was occupied by the bunk- house and the homes of the men. It was a fence of barbed wire, eight feet high, and [Bunny?sister) remarked sarcastically that it would be another place where [he] and "his [girlfriend]'could grow roses. This jibe hurt, because it summed up to Bunny the part he was playing in this struggle-growing roses on the barbed wire fence which separated [the owners] from labor. According to the text what is true about the narrator? Elimination Tool Select one answer A He feels trapped trying to make a difficult situation seem okay. B Hefeels fortunate that at least his sister appreciates his feelings. C He feels frustrated that his father will not listen to his beliefs. D He feels that a fence is not a good way to resolve worker complaints
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. He feels trapped trying to make a difficult situation seem okay.