The thesis of this essay is that the absurdity of the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is used deliberately by Adams to portray feelings of anxiety and existentialism and the key to understanding it lies in understanding how he uses absurdity.
What? Are you even asking a question? Sorry if you took that as rude!
Answer:
"That afternoon I was sent out again to sell some goods to the soldiers. "
Explanation:
All but one are said in the first narrative, so you can rule the last one out. I believe this one is the answer, as it mentions the narrator being sent somewhere to sell to soldiers, which means that he is a merchant, or believed to be one.
The type of cloud that toy would expect to be involved in some form of precipitation is the nimbostratus. The word nimbo is actually the Latin word for rain. The correct answer is A.