Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place.... And when something really terrible happened—like a nuclear bomb, or at least a biological weapons attack—an extremely loud siren would go off, telling everyone to get to Central Park to put sandbags around the reservoir.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?
Answer
A
that his creativity will be eagerly embraced
B
that a biological weapons attack is imminent
C
that many people express their grief through tears
D
that volunteers are always willing to help in a crisis
Explanation
The narrator imagines drains beneath every pillow so that people’s tears would flow into the reservoir. This idea assumes that many people cry themselves to sleep and that their tears could be gathered in one place. The passage does not say an attack is imminent or that people would eagerly accept his idea.
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