Question

Rushdie quotes a scene from the Feast of December in which a dog is barking, and a character imagines him saying "for God's sake." How does the description of what the dog is saying end?

a) "For God's sake, give me a bone."
b) "For God's sake, quiet down!"
c) "For God's sake, save me!"
d) "For God's sake, where's the food?"

Answer 1

The descriptions provided in the excerpts from Frank Norris's novel do not include a dog imagining to say anything, hence it is not possible to complete the sentence with the provided options.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage in question is from Frank Norris's novel McTeague, not a work by Rushdie. The descriptions provided in the excerpts from Frank Norris's novel do not include a dog imagining to say anything, hence it is not possible to complete the sentence with the provided options.

The description provided does not contain a direct quote regarding what the dog is imagining to say. Thus, it is not possible to accurately complete the sentence "For God's sake, ..." with one of the provided options since the details in the excerpts do not mention the dog expressing a specific desire such as a bone, quiet, salvation, or food.

Instead, the excerpts describe a post-feast scene of indulgence and a separate scene conveying the plight of a mill-boy watching people go by, questioning their indifference to his suffering.