It is ironic for Sedaris to state he felt generous toward the Tomkeys in light of the fact that in the passage he said he needed to figure out how to hate them sooner or later. He additionally discussed being extremely vexed and inquisitive about their odd life. This implies he wasn't generally in a pleasing relationship with Tomkeys because of their way of life and clarifies why feeling generous towards them felt amusing.
I would say the answer would be C but the actual meaning of the word "punctilious " means showing great attention to detail or correct behavior . Matthew may have be trying to spell it correctly or just came up short . So therefore it would be A .
This is making a comparison to Pinocchio. Saying it was such an obvious lie I’m surprised his nose didn’t start growing is an exaggeration of how unbelievable and far-fetched his lie fib was.