Answer: Slim is a skilled mule driver who is referred to as the prince of the ranch. He is a mule driver for the ranch and everybody goes to him for advice. Slim is a quiet man who understands a lot of stuff. Slim understands how George and Lennie were with each other and he comforted George at the end of the story.
While Padmi looks frantically for her pen, her sister calmly writes with it. "While Padmi looks frantically for her pen," cannot stand alone. Using it in "While Padmi looks frantically for her pen, her sister calmly writes with it." makes it dependent on the second part of the sentence.
Answer: D.
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