Question

The author writes that "in Doctor Reefy there were the seeds of something very fine" to suggest that the doctor __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct response is Option A: Dr Reefy has inner qualities that make him admirable.

Explanation:

This quote is from the short story called Paper Pills by author Sherwood Anderson. It is part of the short story cycle called Winesburg, Ohio published in 1919. Doctor Reefy is an aging man who keeps track of his thoughts on scraps of paper that he stuffs into his pockets and later they turn to hard little balls. He seems detached from society except for one friend and his wife, who died a few months after they married. It would seem the thoughts he writes on the papers are interesting or important since he read them to his wife. He and his wife did seem to share a connection by the description.