Benjamin’s heart jumped like a rabbit means that Benjamin may have been startled or surprised from what was seen before him
I believe the correct answer is: “You know bachem, I have
grown rather fond of you. You are a decent boy, I really believe that,
but--even decent boys need reminding sometimes. So it's my duty to remind you
that you are among peers in this flea market. You see everyone here is a
storyteller.”
In the novel “Kite Runner”, first
novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini, Soraya’s father interrupts her
conversation with Amir addressing the appropriateness of their interaction with
the following line:
“You know bachem, I have grown
rather fond of you. You are a decent boy, I really believe that, but--even
decent boys need reminding sometimes. So it's my duty to remind you that you
are among peers in this flea market. You see everyone here is a storyteller.”
He does that to remind them that even if they
are in another country and he trusts them believing that they are decent, the people’s mentality is still the same and they
gossip finding their often chatting alone inappropriate.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "b. Mary had heard herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood; and Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough never to be without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball"
