Read the excerpt from Nurse and Spy in the Union Army. At last, I expressed a desire to enter the Confederate service. I asked t
he merchant how I should manage to get through the Yankee lines if I should decide to take such a step. After a long conversation and much planning, we, at last, decided that I should go through our lines the next night with a person known to the merchant. The person was considered by our troops a thorough Union man since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. But who in reality, was a rebel spy. That afternoon I was sent out again to sell some goods to the soldiers. While I was gone, I took the favorable opportunity of informing the Provost Marshal of my intended escape the following night together with my brother spy. Which sentence indicates that the narrator’s assumed identity as a Louisville civilian is successful? 1. “After a long conversation and much planning, we, at last, decided that I should go through our lines the next night with a person known to the merchant." 2."That afternoon I was sent out again to sell some goods to the soldiers. " 3.“At last, I expressed a desire to enter the Confederate service.” 4.“The person was considered by our troops a thorough Union man since he had taken the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government."
2."That afternoon I was sent out again to sell some goods to the soldiers.
Explanation:
As can be interpreted, after reading the excerpt, we understand that the narrator was acting as a man of the union in order to escape and join the Confederate army. In order for the narrator to achieve this goal, an agreement was made where he would pretend to be a supporter of the union, pass by the soldiers and flee. The narrator was so successful in pretending to be a supporter of the union, that he was allowed to return to the union army more than once, to sell products to soldiers.
In other words, we can say that the narrator's disguise was successful and this can be confirmed by the line ""That afternoon I was sent out again to sell some goods to the soldiers. "
