Mrs. Farquar lifted the child into the house. … She … saw that her remedies had no effect at all, and remembered how she had see
n natives with no sight in their eyes, because of the spitting of a snake… In Doris Lessing’s “No Witchcraft for Sale,” Mrs. Farquar holds an injured Teddy and remembers something about the natives that frightens her. What does she remember?
A. She remembers meeting some who had been blinded.
B. She remembers that some had cures for this injury.
C. She remembers that some have a grudge against Teddy.
D. She remembers that many do not like the whites.
A. She remembers meeting some who had been blinded.
Explanation:
Mrs. Farquar is telling how the injured child remember her to natives she saw, that has “no sight in their eyes” they were blind, and this was due to the “spitting of a snake”, the poison of the snake left the natives without sight, and in this part she remembers meeting those natives.
It illustrates that the war has alaready lasted three thousand years and yet it is not at an end. Only God will be able to judge those who drew a sword upon another.
