Question
Read the following passage from the short story “The Shocks of Doom” by O.’ Henry and answer the question that follows.
“And all this was because an uncle had disinherited him, and cut down his allowance from liberality to nothing. And all that was because his nephew had disobeyed him concerning a certain girl, who comes not into this story—therefore, all readers who brush their hair toward its roots may be warned to read no further. There was another nephew, of a different branch, who had once been the prospective heir and favorite. Being without grace or hope, he had long ago disappeared in the mire. Now dragnets were out for him; he was to be rehabilitated and restored. And so Vallance fell grandly as Lucifer to the lowest pit, joining the tattered ghosts in the little park.”
Why was Vallance disinherited by his uncle?
He had wasted his money on gambling bets.
He had an affair with a girl, which his uncle had forbidden.
He had joined the army.
He had spent his money at the horse races.
“And all this was because an uncle had disinherited him, and cut down his allowance from liberality to nothing. And all that was because his nephew had disobeyed him concerning a certain girl, who comes not into this story—therefore, all readers who brush their hair toward its roots may be warned to read no further. There was another nephew, of a different branch, who had once been the prospective heir and favorite. Being without grace or hope, he had long ago disappeared in the mire. Now dragnets were out for him; he was to be rehabilitated and restored. And so Vallance fell grandly as Lucifer to the lowest pit, joining the tattered ghosts in the little park.”
Why was Vallance disinherited by his uncle?
He had wasted his money on gambling bets.
He had an affair with a girl, which his uncle had forbidden.
He had joined the army.
He had spent his money at the horse races.
Answers
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Vallance was disinherited by his uncle because he had disobeyed him concerning a certain girl.