Question

Read the excerpt from "The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible." "Just to amuse myself, and keep the good people busy, I ordered them to build this City, and my Palace; and they did it all willingly and well. . . . I have been good to the people, and they like me; but ever since this Palace was built, I have shut myself up and would not see any of them. . . . "I think you are a very bad man," said Dorothy. "Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit." What will most likely happen next in the story?

Answer 1

This question is missing the answer choices. I was able to find them online. They are the following:

A. The Wizard will rebuild Emerald City.

B. The Wizard will gain magical powers.

C. Dorothy will have to find another way home.

D. Dorothy will make a home in Emerald City.

Answer:

What will most likely happen next in the story is:

C. Dorothy will have to find another way home.

Explanation:

"The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible" is the 15th chapter in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," by L. Frank Baum. The main character of the book is Dorothy Gale, a girl who is taken from Kansas by a tornado into a magical land.

Of course, Dorothy wishes to go back home. So she goes on a journey filled with challenges and surprises. She is eventually told to go see the Wizard of Oz, so that he can help her return home.

In the excerpt we are analyzing here, the Wizard says, "I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit." This implies that the Wizard will not be able to help Dorothy after all. In that case, Dorothy needs to find another way to go back to Kansas.