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 and are fixed in their positions. 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. Then, one day, she was up, playing; Isabel was in the kitchen fixing lunch for the two boys when they'd come in from school, and she heard Grace fall down in the living room.
A. And she ran to the living room and there was little Grace on the floor, all twisted up, and the reason she hadn't screamed was that she couldn't get her breath.
When you have a lot of children you don't always start running when one of them falls, unless they start screaming or something.
B. C. Yet, Isabel says that when she heard that thump and then that silence, something happened in her to make her afraid.
D. And, this time, Grace was quiet.
S2. And when she did scream, it was the worst sound, Isabel says, that she'd ever heard in all her life, and she still hears it sometimes in her dreams.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
S1 (Fixed): Isabel is in the kitchen and hears Grace fall in the living room.
B: This sentence provides a general reason for her initial reaction—parents with many children don't always rush unless there is screaming.
D: This connects to the "screaming" mentioned in B by stating that this time, Grace was quiet.
C: Because Grace was quiet, Isabel's intuition kicked in ("something happened in her to make her afraid") because of the "thump" followed by "silence."
A: This describes her action (running to the room) and explains the silence: Grace was "all twisted up" and couldn't breathe to scream.
S2 (Fixed): Finally, when Grace does manage to scream, it is a sound Isabel never forgets.
The correct sequence is BDCA.