Question

Item 2 Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question. Why do people wonder about the marriage between Dr. Reefy and his wife? He does not have enough money to support them both. His wife is young, beautiful, and wealthy. His wife is both selfish and withdrawn. Dr. Reefy has only one friend—John Spaniard.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) his wife is young, beautiful, and wealthy."

People wonder about the marriage between Dr. Reefy and his wife because "His wife is young, beautiful, and wealthy."

We are referring to the story "Paper Pills," written by Sherwood Anderson. In the story, Dr, Reefy is a lonely old man that writes some notes on scraps of paper. These are his truths. He hides his ideas in his suit's pocket because he doesn't want anybody to misinterpret the. Dr. Feefy finds a beautiful woman that was pregnant and marries her but after some months she gets the divorce.