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 hiding herself and not going down because she wanted her
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → brother Tom to come and fetch her
Maggie resolves: "she would never go down if Tom didn't come to fetch her". She wants Tom to forgive her because he loves her, so she waits for him to come for her.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: father to come and fetch her — Incorrect. Wrong focus: her father might take her side, but she does not want Tom's forgiveness "because his father told him"; she waits for Tom, not her father.
Option 2: mother to come and fetch her — Incorrect. Not mentioned: her mother plays no part in the passage.
Option 4: father to forgive her — Incorrect. Contradicted: the forgiveness she wants is Tom's: "If she went down again to Tom now - would he forgive her?"