They couldn't hear me,.......? (Supply the correct question tag)
They couldn't hear me, <u>could </u><u>they?</u>
Here we used '<u>could they?'</u> as the question tag because couldn't which is negative has already been used in the question. Then, the question has the subject as 'they' which is plural, so 'they' is also used in the question tag.
...a type of commitment in which the parents of a boy and agirl agreeon having them marry.
According to the information available on this excerpt, a betrothal is a promise which can be later modified, in which the parents of a boy and a girl promise to marry them. This could also be a definition of arranged marriage.