Read the passage given below to answer the next five questions by choosing the correct options:
Maggie soon thought she had been hours in the attic, and it must be tea-time, and they were all having their tea, and not thinking of her. Well, then, she would stay up there and starve herself - hide herself behind the tub, and stay there all night; and then they would all be frightened, and Tom would be sorry. Thus Maggie thought in the pride on her heart, as she crept behind the tub; but presently she began to cry again at the idea that they didn't mind her being there. If she went down again to Tom now - would he forgive her? Perhaps her father would be there and he would take her part. But, then, she wanted Tom to forgive her because he loved her, not because his father told him. No, she would never go down if Tom didn't come to fetch her. This resolution lasted in great intensity for five dark minutes behind the tub; but then the need of being loved, the strongest need in poor Maggie's nature, began to wrestle with her pride, and soon over threw it. She crept from behind her tub into the twilight of the long attic, but just then she heard a quick footstep on the stairs.
Maggie was upset because
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → no one was thinking of her
Maggie imagines that it must be tea-time, "and they were all having their tea, and not thinking of her". Later she cries again "at the idea that they didn't mind her being there". Feeling forgotten by her family is what upsets her.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: she was hungry — Incorrect. Wrong reason: tea is mentioned only as a sign that the family has forgotten her; she even plans to starve herself out of pride.
Option 3: she was angry with her father — Incorrect. Contradicted: she hopes her father "would take her part"; she has no quarrel with him.
Option 4: her mother had scolded her — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about her mother; the hurt concerns Tom and the family's neglect.