Information and IdeasHardInference from a discrepancy
Information and Ideas practice question
The inn's guest book records a full house every night of August 1911, yet the inn's accounts for that month show takings for only half as many rooms. The innkeeper's diary complains of 'the regiment'. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. soldiers were billeted at the inn that month and the inn was not paid for their rooms.Correct
- B. the guest book was forged.
- C. the inn was closed in August 1911.
- D. the innkeeper stole the takings.
Answer: A. soldiers were billeted at the inn that month and the inn was not paid for their rooms.
Full rooms, half the income, and a complaint about 'the regiment': unpaid billeted soldiers.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the guest book was forged.
- The diary supports the guest book's full house.
- C. the inn was closed in August 1911.
- A full house means it was open.
- D. the innkeeper stole the takings.
- The diary's complaint points to the regiment, not the innkeeper.
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