Question

In "Bargain," after the fight with Slade, Al said that Mr. Baumer "didn’t look beaten even." Al’s comment reveals that:_________.A) Mr. Baumer is finished with Slade.B) Slade wants to beat Mr. Baumer badly.C) Mr. Baumer would still try to get back at Slade.D) Mr. Baumer will become partners with Slade.

Answer 1

Answer:

C) Mr. Baumer would still try to get back at Slade.

Explanation:

In the short story "Bargain" written by A.B. Guthrie, Jr, the plot revolves especially around the enmity o a shopkeeper Mr. Baumer and a drunk penny cheater Slade. The story tells of how Slade gets his due after all the trouble he had caused Mr. Baumer.

Slade had been acquiring unpaid bills for the goods he took from Mr. Baumer's shop. And he had no intention of paying for them. Every time he was approached with the bill, he'd torture and beat the tiny shopkeeper. One instant shows him beaten so badly that he had to give up the use of his arm for a long time, even hiring a new helper for the shop.

The fight scene where Al, the helper of the store, talks about is where Mr. Baumer had been badly beaten up. Al reveals that even after the heavy beating Mr. Baumer had just got, he did not seem to give up on the idea of making Slade pay for whatever he had owed, if not in cash, but kind. This statement of Al that Baumer "didn’t look beaten even" reveals that he will still try to get back at him.