Question

read the excerpt from \paper pills\ in winesburg, ohio by sherwood anderson.
he was an old man with a white beard and huge nose and hands. long before the time during which we will know him, he was a doctor and drove a jaded white horse from house to house through the streets of winesburg. later he married a girl who had money. she had been left a large fertile farm when her father died. the girl was quiet, tall, and dark, and to many people she seemed very beautiful. everyone in winesburg wondered why she married the doctor. within a year after the marriage, she died.
the knuckles of the doctor’s hands were extraordinarily large. when the hands were closed they looked like clusters of unpainted wooden balls as large as walnuts fastened together by steel wire. he smoked a rich pipe
when the author writes that “in doctor reefy there were the seeds of something very fine.” this probably means that dr. reefy ______

• has inner qualities that make him admirable
• keeps certain happy memories of his wife to himself
• had long dreamed of being a farmer rather than a doctor
• always keeps packets of valuable seeds in his pockets

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the metaphor "seeds of something very fine" in the context of Dr. Reefy. The phrase "seeds" here is metaphorical, not literal (so the option about physical seeds is wrong). There's no info about him wanting to be a farmer or memories of his wife (the wife died quickly, and no memory - related details). The metaphor implies potential for good inner qualities, so the option about inner qualities making him admirable fits.

Answer:

A. has inner qualities that make him admirable