Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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Galaxy Magazine December 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that A Konv cylinder was the key to space—but winter. During the summer they rented a few row boats to vacationing Wisconsin. They didn't even know that she was not a native. She never spoke of it, except at first, when Earl was a boy of seven and they had just come there to live. Then she only said that she came from the Agents had killed her husband. That was back in '07, on the eve of his departure for Alpha Centaurus but she never spoke of this "There goes one of the old-fashioned ones. That hair-do was popular back in the sixties." They did not suspect that she did this only to cover the thin, pencil-line scar, evidence that a small cylinder lay under her skin behind the ear. Yet it held the power to move a body instantly from one point in space That night she soundlessly lifted the screen from the window over his bed and shot him with a .22 rifle. while her husband had been one of twenty-eight persons. She decided then that her efforts would be too ineffective. The odds were wrong. She would wait until her son, Earl, was grown. Together they would seek revenge. He did not have the cylinder—not Her husband had been one of the first, and they would not forget. One day the boy would disappear for a few hours. When he returned the small Later they would go to Alpha Centaurus, where a life free from Agents could be lived. It happened to Earl one hot summer day when he was fourteen. Mrs. Jamieson was working in her kitchen Earl supposedly was swimming with his friends in the river. Suddenly he appeared before her, completely nude. At sight of his mother his face paled and he began to shake violently, so that she was forced to slap him to prevent hysteria. She looked behind his ear. like his before. He asked who was Earl Jamieson, and I said I was. Then he said, 'Come with me.' I went with him. I don't know why. It seemed not far away and went inside. And that's all I can remember until I Earl ran his hand through his hair, shaking his head. "I don't remember Earl faced the window, looking out, then turned quickly back. "What is Suddenly his face paled and he stopped in the act of getting into his trousers. "Guess I know now. They made me a Konv." "Well, don't take on so. You'll get used to it." "But they shouldn't have! They didn't even ask me!" "I saw you. I wasn't sleeping. I was afraid to stay inside alone, so I followed you. I never told anyone." "But you were only nine!" "They would have taken you away if I'd said anything." Mrs. Jamieson held out her hand. "Come here, son. It's time I told you history, beginning with Stinson sitting in the laboratory in New Jersey, holding in his hand a small cylinder moulded from silicon with controlled impurities. He had made it, looking for a better It was a subject of wonder and much speculation, but no one took serious notice of them until one night a federal Agent arrested one man The arrested man disappeared from his jail cell, and the next morning He went alone, not knowing if he could go so far, or what he would find when he arrived. But he did arrive, and it was what he had sought. the escape "I don't blame you, mother," Earl said simply. "But we are freaks. That is, the first shock was over. Mrs. Jamieson watched Earl leave the at night mostly, taking longer and longer jumps, until Earl's murder—without fear of the law. Earl changed. Even before the summer was over, he matured. The childish antics of his friends began to bore him. "Be careful, Earl," his mother would say. "Remember who you are. Play with them sometimes, even if you don't like it. You have a long way to go before you will be ready." During the long winter evenings, after they had watched their favorite be after Earl. They were so clever, so persistent. She wanted him to be Sometimes when she talked about her husband, Mrs. Jamieson wanted to stand up and scream at her son, "Hate, hate! Hate! You must learn to hate!" But she clenched her hands over her knitting, knowing that he would learn it faster if she avoided the word. The winter passed, and the next summer, and two more summers. Earl was ready for college. They had successfully kept their secret. They had been vigilant in every detail. Earl referred to the "damn Agents" now with a curl of his lip. They had been successful in "When you have finished college," Mrs. Jamieson told her son, "we will go to Centaurus." "Why not now?" young doctor will be needed. Study hard, Earl. Learn all you can. Even She did not mention her secret hope, that before they left Earth he would have fully avenged his father's death. He was clever and intelligent. He could kill many Agents. only a few years. Then they would leave Earth forever. entrance. This was Earl's room. Ostensibly the private entrance was for Excitement brought color to her cheeks when she thought of Earl facing finished she showed Earl regally into the room, making a big joke of it. She said quickly, "You can if you wish. I just thought you'd like being alone, at your age. Most boys do." "I'm not like most boys, mother. The Konvs saw to that. Sometimes I'm sorry. Back in high school I used to wish I was like the others. Do you remember Lorane Peters?" His mother nodded. "Well, when we were seniors Mrs. Jamieson turned to leave the room, but he stopped her. "You understand what I'm saying, don't you?" "No, I don't!" she said sharply. "You're old enough to face realities. You are a Konv. You always will be a Konv. Have you forgotten your own She turned her back and slammed the door. Earl stood very still for Earl did not use the room that first year. He slept in the second of the cylinder was out of the question for them now, anyway. long convalescence. Earl moved into the new bedroom. At first she One day he disappeared. Earl from making the mistake of taking on more than he could handle. When she arrived at her own home, Earl was in his room. "Where have you been?" she asked petulantly. She stood in the doorway and watched him leaning over his desk, attempting to write something on a sheet of paper. She was proud of his profile, tow-headed as a boy, handsome in a masculine way. He cracked his knuckles nervously. "What did you do?" she asked. "Where?" "Did you find them?" than she would permit Earl to see. the names. He asked where I lived. 'None of your damn business,' I told She knew. She had found a gun in Earl's desk. She took the paper into Earl's room. "Did you do this?" "Well, what else can he do?" Earl asked. "After all, he is an Agent. Earl stunned immobile—not by the blow, but from the knowledge that she years ago, teasing them. They linked your pattern with mine. They know that your father and I had a son. Your birth was recorded. The only mine. I'm afraid it's time to leave Earth." Earl sat down suddenly, "It's just as well. I thought maybe some day I talking alone, the next he was here. Earl saw him first. He was a He smiled. "This is your son?" "Yes," she said. "We are ready." "I remember when you were born," he said, and smiled in reminiscence. "Your father was afraid you would be twins." Earl said, "Why was my father killed?" "By mistake. Back in those days, like now, there were good Konvs and crazy with envy. He killed two women there in Bangkok. The Agents thought Jamieson—I mean, your father—did it. Jamieson was the greatest man among us. It was he who first conceived the theory that them, then ran to Earl's desk, fumbling for the gun.

<question>:
When did Earl go to space?

<options>:
A At the end of high school
B During his first year of university
C After he finished college
D When he was 14

<answer>:

B