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. Inside on a wooden bunk lay a young Indian woman.
A. The men had moved off up the road to sit in the dark and smoke out of range of the noise she made.
B. She screamed just as Nick and the two Indians followed his father and Uncle George into the shanty.
C. She had been trying to have her baby for two days.
D. All the old women in the camp had been helping her.
S2. She lay in the lower bunk, very big under a quilt.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The paragraph describes a young Indian woman in labor.
S1 introduces the woman lying on a bunk.
C logically follows, explaining her situation: she had been in labor for two days.
D continues the narrative, mentioning the old women helping her.
A describes the men's reaction to the noise she made, moving away.
B describes Nick and others entering the shanty just as she screamed, which is consistent with the noise mentioned in A.
S2 concludes by reiterating her position in the lower bunk.