Question

the phantom rickshaw1 by rudyard kipling (adapted excerpt) this excerpt is from a collection of ghost stories written by rudyard kipling. this story is told through the narrator, jack, who has rejected the affections of mrs. wessington, an officers wife with whom he has had an affair. mrs. wessington insists that the end of their romance is a \hideous mistake\ and is heartbroken further as jack becomes engaged to kitty, a younger woman he loves. eventually, mrs. wessington dies of (1) while my waler2 was cautiously feeling his way over the loose shale, and kitty was laughing and chattering at my side - while all simla,3 that is to say as much of it as had then come from the plains, was grouped round the reading - room and politis veranda - i was aware that some one, apparently at a vast distance, was calling me by my christian name. it struck me that i had heard the voice before, but when and where i could not at once determine. in the short space it took to cover the road between the path from hamiltons shop and the first plank on the combermore bridge i had thought over half - a - dozen people who might have select the correct answer. read the following sentence from the excerpt was it not enough that the woman was dead and done with, without her black and white servitors re - appearing to spoil the days happiness? whoever employed them now i thought i would call upon, and ask as a personal favor to change her /hampanier/ livery. which word has the closest meaning to servitors in the passage? a. employers b. horses c. workers d. children

Explanation:

In the context, "servitors" are beings that can be employed and are associated with a person (Mrs. Wessington). "Workers" is the most appropriate as it implies people who are employed. Employers are those who hire, horses are animals and not typically referred to as "servitors" in this context, and children do not fit the context of being employed in this sense.

Answer:

C. workers