Given below are six sentences taken from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are numbered S1 and S2 and are placed in the first and last positions respectively. The other four sentences between the first and last sentences are jumbled up and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Rearrange the jumbled sentences in a logical sequence keeping the unity and coherence of the paragraph intact. Choose the correct alternative that best describes the sequence.
S1. The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida.
A. Bailey was the son she lived with, her only boy.
B. "Now look here, Bailey," she said, "see here, read this," and she stood with one hand on her thin hip and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head.
C. He was sitting on the edge of his chair at the table, bent over the orange sports section of the Journal.
D. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey's mind.
S2. "Here this fellow that calls himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Sequence of Sentences:
Starts with her motive (D), identifies Bailey (A), sets the scene (C), then the action (B). This creates a very smooth transition from the conflict to the specific moment of confrontation.
The correct sequence is DACB.