Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (A and F) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Some twelve or fifteen years ago there lived in his own house in the main street of the town a certain official by the name of Gromov, a steady well-to-do man.
B. Sergei, after completing three years of study at the University, contracted galloping consumption and died and this death was the beginning of a series of disasters which overtook the Gromov family.
C. He had two sons: Sergei and Ivan.
D. His house and property were sold at auction, and Ivan Dmitrich and his mother were left without any means of support.
E. A week after Sergei’s funeral the old man was sued for forgery and embezzlement, and died soon after of typhus in the prison hospital.
F. While his father was alive Ivan Dmitrich lived in Petersburg, studying at the University, and receiving 60 or 70 roubles from home every month.
A. Some twelve or fifteen years ago there lived in his own house in the main street of the town a certain official by the name of Gromov, a steady well-to-do man.
B. Sergei, after completing three years of study at the University, contracted galloping consumption and died and this death was the beginning of a series of disasters which overtook the Gromov family.
C. He had two sons: Sergei and Ivan.
D. His house and property were sold at auction, and Ivan Dmitrich and his mother were left without any means of support.
E. A week after Sergei’s funeral the old man was sued for forgery and embezzlement, and died soon after of typhus in the prison hospital.
F. While his father was alive Ivan Dmitrich lived in Petersburg, studying at the University, and receiving 60 or 70 roubles from home every month.
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Correct answer: D
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