Question

read the question carefully and select the best answer.

which of these inferences is best supported by the following passage (paragraphs 30 - 32)?

\so many events had taken place in just a few hours that i had completely lost all notion of time. when had we left our homes? and the ghetto?
and the train? only a week ago? one night? one single night?

how long had we been standing in the freezing wind? one hour? a single hour? sixty minutes?

surely it was a dream.\

a. the author has been distracted and forgotten how many days he has taken care of his father.

b. the author is exhausted by activities and is unable to keep a record of his time in the camp.

c. the author’s sense of reality has become warped by the horrors he has experienced.

d. the author’s perception differs significantly from most of the people in the camp.

Explanation:

To determine the best - supported inference, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The passage does not mention the author taking care of his father or forgetting the number of days spent doing so. So, this option is not supported.
• Option B: The author's confusion about time is not due to being exhausted from activities related to keeping a record in the camp. The passage focuses on the impact of the horrors experienced on the author's sense of time, not on record - keeping activities. Thus, this option is incorrect.
• Option C: The author has lost all sense of time, questioning how long ago events (leaving home, ghetto, train, standing in the wind) occurred and even thinking it might be a dream. This shows that the horrors he has experienced have warped his sense of reality, making this option well - supported.
• Option D: The passage does not provide any information about how the author's perception compares to that of most people in the camp. So, this option is not supported.

Answer:

C. The author’s sense of reality has become warped by the horrors he has experienced.