Question

Excerpt from The Interlopers

Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)

2The neighbour feud had grown into a personal one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest. The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but to keep a look-out for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of being afoot from across the land boundary. The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things to-night, and there was movement and unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the dark hours. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the forest, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came.
Which sentence BEST expresses the main idea of paragraph 2?
A) The forest near the Karpathian mountains is a lush wooded area that is a sportsman’s dream to hunt.
B) The family of Ulrich von Gradwitz seems to be protective of land that they are not even sure they own.
C) The forest Ulrich von Gradwitz is patrolling is a tract of land that both Gradwitz and George Znaeym lay claim of ownership.
D) The cold night is sure to bring out many of the beasts of the field that are worth hunting or poaching--especially deer.

Answer 1

C) The forest Ulrich von Gradwitz is patrolling is a tract of land that both Gradwitz and George Znaeym lay claim of ownership.

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Answer 2

The answer is C) The forest Ulrich von Gradwitz is patrolling is a tract of land that both Gradwitz and George Znaeym lay claim of ownership.

The text explains that “…Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest.” It is clear that there was a dispute overa strerch of land and both Ulrich and Gradich claimed their ownership.

The idea of patrolling is present in “…his wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest..” Here we are told that Ulrich needs to protect what he considers his property from Gradwitz.