Question

select the correct text in the passage. which detail best develops a theme about making faulty assumptions? 14 oh, heavens! it was broad daylight. the noise brought my friends hurrying into my apartment, and we found, sprawling over my improvised bed, the dismayed valet, who, while bringing me my morning cup of tea, had tripped over this obstacle in the middle of the fl and fallen on his stomach, spilling my breakfast over my face in spite of himself. 15 the precautions i had taken in closing the shutters and going to sleep in the middle of the room had only brought about the practica joke i had been trying to avoid. 16 oh, how they all laughed that day!

Explanation:

To determine which detail develops the theme of faulty assumptions, we analyze each option:

• Option [14] describes a valet tripping, which is an accident, not about assumptions.
• Option [15] shows the narrator took precautions (closing shutters, sleeping in the middle) to avoid a joke, but these precautions only brought the joke (implying the assumptions about avoiding it were wrong). This directly relates to faulty assumptions as the actions taken based on assumptions (that precautions would prevent the joke) backfired.
• Option [16] is about laughter, not assumptions.

So [15] is the correct detail.

Answer:

[15] The precautions I had taken in closing the shutters and going to sleep in the middle of the room had only brought about the practical joke I had been trying to avoid.