English

Alondra Little

3 July, 05:16

Read the excerpt.

From out, out - by Robert Frost

The doctor put him in the dark of ether.

He lay in puffed his lips out with his breath. And then-the watcher at his pulse took fright. No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little-less-nothing! - and that ended it. No more to build on there. And they, since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs.

What can the reader conclude from these lines?

A. The family asked the doctor to put an end to the boy's suffering.

B. The family cannot take time for their chores to grieve.

C. The family does not care that the boy has died.

D. The family expected the boy to died when he cut off his hand.

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