Using what you have read and what you already know to make a judgement about what something means.
Answer:
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Explanation:
The answer is variant A. direct object because it answer to the question "What the clerk gave to the customer?"
He could not find a hint; He could not find a sign; He could not find a trail; He could not find a clue.
This is a Compund-complex sentence