Answer:
He wants some peace and quiet so he can think
Explanation:
According to the book The Night The Bed Fell, the father decides to stay in the attic so that he can get away from everyone else as they were all acting strangely.
However, this decision will come back to bite him because while in the attic, the bed fell on him.
1838-42 - British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. He is assassinated in 1842. British and Indian troops are massacred during retreat from Kabul.
1878-80 - Second Anglo-Afghan War. A treaty gives Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs.
1919 - Emir Amanullah Khan declares independence from British influence.
1926-29 - Amanullah tries to introduce social reforms, which however stir civil unrest. He flees.
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1933 - Zahir Shah becomes king and Afghanistan remains a monarchy for next four decades.
1953 - General Mohammed Daud becomes prime minister. Turns to Soviet Union for economic and military assistance. Introduces social reforms, such as abolition of purdah (practice of secluding women from public view).
1963 - Mohammed Daud forced to resign as prime minister.
1964 - Constitutional monarchy introduced - but leads to political polarisation and power struggles.
1973 - Mohammed Daud seizes power in a coup and declares a republic. Tries to play off USSR against Western powers.
1978 - General Daud is overthrown and killed in a pro-Soviet coup. The People's Democratic Party comes to power but is paralysed by violent infighting and faces opposition by US-backed mujahideen groups.
C Quick Answer
Her religious background in the main body of the what was given establishes her as a Quaker. If that's all she was, she would have been forgotten 10 years after her death. D is almost irrelevant: it is not the answer.
B is true but the main body of the excerpt is much more concerned with why she broke "the law" and voted.
A
That could have been put somewhere in the paragraph, but it is not a good conclusion.
C is right because after her death, what she worked tirelessly to achieve came to pass with the passage of the 19th amendment.
The most enslaved people in the world for the longest period of time is definitely women. The 19th Amendment was part of a needed change in world (male) thinking.
