“I tried to escape. They said that once the South invaded, no man would be spared. So men between seventeen and forty were forci
bly taken to the North. I thought of evacuating, even if I had to carry my father on my back. But father said no. How could the farmers leave the land behind when the crops were ready for harvest? He grew old on that farm depending on me as the prop and mainstay of the family. I wanted to be with him in his last moments so that I could close his eyes with my own hand. Besides, where can farmers like us go, who know only living on the land?” Based on the passage, which word best describes Tok-chae? 1 loyal 2 lazy 3 stubborn 4 evasive
