Directions (59-63) : Read the following passage and answer the questions.
I was so homesick during my first two weeks at St. Peter.s that I devised a way of getting sent back home. My idea was that I should all of a sudden develop an attack of acute appendicitis.
When I reported my sickness to the teacher, I was sent to the Matron. I entered the room clutching my stomach on the right-hand side and staggering pathetically.
"What.s the matter with you?" the Matron shouted.
"It hurts, Matron," I moaned. "Oh, it hurts so much! Just here!"
"You.ve been over-eating!" she barked.
"I haven.t eaten a thing for days," I lied.
She began prodding my tummy violently with her fingers. I was watching her carefully, and when she hit what I guessed was the appendix place, I let out a yelp that rattled the window-panes.
"Ow! Ow! Ow" I cried out. "Don.t, Matron, don.t!"
Then I slipped in the clincher. "I.ve been sick all morning," I moaned.
This was the right move. Within an hour, the doctor arrived and as he examined me, I did my yelping at what I thought were the proper times.
The Matron returned half an hour later and said, "Your mother.s coming to fetch you this afternoon."
I didn.t answer her. I just lay there trying to look very ill, but my heart was singing all sorts of wonderful songs. As I was taken home a ferry, I felt so wonderful to leave that dreaded school building that I very nearly forgot I was meant to be ill.
The Matron suspected that the boy had appendicitis because

Options

A. He informed his teacher that he felt unwell.
B. he hadn.t been able to eat anything for days.
C. he staggered into the room clutching his stomach.
D. he screamed when she pressed the right side of his stomach.

Answer

D