Read the passage from Act II, Scene 1.

Question

Mr. Kraler. It’s a man in the storeroom . . . He was standing staring at the bookcase . . . your bookcase. He said he thought he remembered a door there. . . . Wasn’t there a door there that used to go up to the loft? Then he told me he wanted more money.

What later event in the play is foreshadowed by this dialogue?
A. It foreshadows the firing of the man in the storeroom.
B. It foreshadows the discovery of the hiding place and arrest of the occupants.
C. It foreshadows that the man in the storeroom will help Mr. Kraler find a better hiding place.
D. It foreshadows that Mr. Kraler will betray the occupants of the hiding place.

Answer 1

The passage foreshadows the eventual discovery of the hiding place and the arrest of the occupants. Therefore, the correct answer is:

B. It foreshadows the discovery of the hiding place and arrest of the occupants.