Question

what can you determine based on the following excerpt? *

he didnt. i turned and ran into the dead end. teddy broke the other way. half the mall cops followed him, half followed me. i got to the fence and knew exactly how to squirm through. head, then shoulder, one leg, then twist, then the other leg—done. i was through. the guards hit the fence behind me and couldnt follow. i ran across the field to a fence on the far side, popped through there, and then i was right on the road, three blocks from my house. i slipped my hands into my pockets and casually walked home, another harmless pedestrian out for a stroll.

the cops were old and couldnt catch him.
trevor had been through this gap in the fence before.
teddy had been caught.
trevor got caught.

Explanation:

• For the option "The cops were old...", the excerpt doesn't mention the cops' age, so this is incorrect.
• For "Trevor had been through this gap...", the text says "I knew exactly how to squirm through" the fence, implying prior experience with this gap, so this is valid.
• For "Teddy had been caught", the excerpt doesn't state Teddy was caught, so this is incorrect.
• For "Trevor got caught", the excerpt shows Trevor escaped (walked home casually), so this is incorrect.

Answer:

B. Trevor had been through this gap in the fence before