Question
The former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing-room. Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers. Among these I found a few paper-covered books, the pages of which were curled and damp: The Abbot, by Walter Scott, The Devout Communicant and The Memoirs of Vidocq. I liked the last best because its leaves were yellow. The wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes under one of which I found the late tenant's rusty bicycle-pump. He had been a very charitable priest; in his will he had left all his money to institutions and the furniture of his house to his sister.
Which detail does the author leave uncertain in this excerpt?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his bicycle pump in the garden%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his bicycle pump in the garden%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his furniture to his sister%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his furniture to his sister%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy loose papers and books were found behind the kitchen%0D%0Awhy loose papers and books were found behind the kitchen%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy the garden behind the house was wild and untended
Which detail does the author leave uncertain in this excerpt?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his bicycle pump in the garden%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his bicycle pump in the garden%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his furniture to his sister%0D%0Awhy the former tenant left his furniture to his sister%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy loose papers and books were found behind the kitchen%0D%0Awhy loose papers and books were found behind the kitchen%0D%0A%0D%0Awhy the garden behind the house was wild and untended
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GPT-4o mini
The detail the author leaves uncertain in this excerpt is **why the garden behind the house was wild and untended**.
The other options, regarding the bicycle pump, the furniture left to his sister, and the loose papers and books found behind the kitchen, all have some context provided in the text that helps to infer reasons or circumstances, whereas the condition of the garden is not explained.
The other options, regarding the bicycle pump, the furniture left to his sister, and the loose papers and books found behind the kitchen, all have some context provided in the text that helps to infer reasons or circumstances, whereas the condition of the garden is not explained.