Read the passage carefully and answer the questions:
In the midst of the July 1966 hunger strike I had my second visit from my wife. It was almost exactly two years after the first visit, and it nearly did not happen at all. Winnie had been under constant harassment since her first visit in 1964.Her sisters and brother were persecuted by the police, and the authorities attempted to forbid anyone in her family from living with her. Some of this I learned at the time, much of it I found out later. Some of the nastiest items were known to me because when I would return from the quarry, I often would find neatly cut clippings about Winnie that had been anonymously placed on my bed by the warders.
In small and spiteful ways, the authorities did their best to make Winnie's journeys as unpleasant as possible. For the previous two years, her visits had been stymied by local magistrates and by the repeated bannings that prevented her from travelling. I had recently heard through counsel that Winnie had been informed by the police that she could visit me only if she carried a pass. Winnie, who had been protesting the government's policy regarding women's passes since the 1950s, rightly refused to carry the hated document. The authorities were clearly attempting to humiliate her and me. But I thought it was more important that we see each other than to resist the petty machinations of the authorities, and Winnie consented to carry a pass. I missed her enormously and needed the reassurance of seeing her, and we also had vital family matters to discuss.
The regulations governing each of Winnie's visits were long and complicated. She was barred from taking a train or car and had to fly, making the trip much more expensive. She was required to take the shortest route from the airport to Caledon Square, the Cape Town police station, where she was required to sign various documents. She had to report to the same station on the way back and sign more documents.
According to the passage, which one of the following options did not contribute to make Winnie's visits complicated:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Winnie had to carry outdated magazines with her
The passage lists the rules that made each visit long and complicated: she could not take a train or car, she had to fly, which made the trip expensive, and she had to sign documents at the police station on the way in and out. Magazines are never mentioned, so this did not add to her difficulties. (The newspaper clippings in the passage were left on the narrator's bed by the warders, not carried by Winnie.)
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Winnie was barred from taking a car or train — Incorrect. True in the passage: the passage says she was barred from taking a train or car, so this did make her visits complicated.
Option 2: Winnie had to take expensive flights — Incorrect. True in the passage: she had to fly, making the trip much more expensive.
Option 4: Winnie had to sign various documents — Incorrect. True in the passage: she had to sign various documents at Caledon Square and sign more on the way back.