Question

how pop survived a sticky sweet catastrophe
the air was unusually hot in boston, considering it was only july, and joey was really feeling those
rays as he rode back to pops apartment. joey loved it when pop visited their house, but this
time, the first time he had visited pop - by himself, no parents, no supervision, riding his bike all over
new england, buying snacks with money pop gave him. as he huffed into the apartment, he could
hear the tv blaring. pop was \watching\ the news update on the upcoming election between the
incumbent president jimmy carter and the former governor of california, ronald reagan. the
1980s were gonna be nuts if the president is a former movie star, joey thought. joey spied pop
asleep in his rocker, so he turned the volume knob down to a low murmur. tapping pop gently on
the shoulder, he smiled as pop started himself awake. pop coughed and grumbled a bit as he focused on
joeys beaming face. pop wanted to hear about joeys adventures riding his bicycle around the one -
square mile of the north end, or as the locals call it, little italy, and joey was all too happy to comply.
joey recounted all the places he visited, including modern pastry on hanover street to get a chocolate
chip cannoli. the cashier recognized joey from when he and pop had come by earlier in the week and
gave him an extra cookie on the house. joey noticed as he rode around that the air in little italy
smelled strangely sweet, and when he mentioned it to the cashier, she said, \you should ask your pop
about the great flood. you know, your pop lived through the flood of 1919 and could tell you all about
it.\ now joey needed to know the story of the great flood, what happened to his pop, and how this
meant to a sweet - smelling breeze. now its pops turn to spill the beans, thought joey.
\so, pop, what about this great flood? what happened?\
pop chuckled softly, leaning back in his recliner as he began his tale. \it was the winter of 1919, and i
was ten years old, riding the elevated train with my father, who had taken a day off work to take me
to the doctor. we were chatting about what we might eat for lunch: your mama made extra meatballs
last night; doesnt a meatball sandwich with shredded parmigiano cheese sound delicious? just as i
was imagining how big i was going to make my hoagie, or spuckie as bostonians call a sub
what does the word incredulous mean as it is used in the text?
i had to see for myself, so i jumped up and peered out of the train window, and thats when i saw a
sight so bizarre that if i hadnt seen it with my own eyes, i would have been incredulous
angry
confused
surprised
unbelieving

Explanation:

The context suggests that the sight was so hard - to - believe that if the speaker hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it. "Incredible" in this context means something that is hard to believe, which is closest to "unbelieving".

Answer:

unbelieving