v0031, where do these questions come from anyway? No one talks like this or does these things.
The stories seem what people think 1950's America was like.
The first question is impossible to answer. I'd guess that the answer they want is either C or D. However, if the family lived in a dangerous neighborhood and it was late at night then they would probably feel A , B or C.
I think the second part is testing your Geography and not your English. I think the test assumes that a Frenchmen does not understand English.
These are from my students' homework. Before I gave them the class, I should do the homework too.
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