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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to meet, you have a problem indeed. Unless you are a stubborn Dutchman—and Jan Van Artevelde was the stubbornest Dutchman on Venus. JAN WILLEM van Artevelde claimed descent from William Jan smiled a tight smile. Jan sat in the half-buried room to prove it, but on Venus there was no one who could disprove it, either. of Orange. He had no genealogy found. the clay bit grates on less stubborn teeth. Jan was at a loss to know how Jan needed all his Dutch stubbornness, and a good deal of pure and pressing the firing pin. What on Venus could have happened to Van Artevelde? The last radio message they had received, physical strength besides, to maneuver climbing aboard, closing the airlock and Jan bounced against his west. The huge wheels twisted and jolted against the rocks outside, that was all. Jan felt justifiably exasperated "If some effort had been made to take the boy to Oostpoort from here, instead of calling on us to windshield Jan saw all the again. This time he was really heaved about. Jan mentioned this to the Venus, and Heemskerk hoped very sincerely that the big blond Jan incredulously. some other way could not be "Don't worry," said Jan. "I'll be back on time, with a broom at the masthead." And Van Artevelde had promised to come back triumphant, a logical reaction, considering the scarcity of brooms on Venus. him to Oostpoort." "Mmm," grunted Jan. He Two hours earlier the two men with a broom at his masthead! shifted uncomfortably and looked eyes returned Jan's glance. would be their last chess game for many months, for Jan was a member of the Dutch colony at Oostpoort in the northern hemisphere of Venus, while Heemskerk of the stubby gravity-boat. It "If the disease has just started, the boy could wait for the next Earth ship, couldn't he?" was pilot of the G-boat from "Tell them to take the engines the Dutch spaceship Have you ever seen anyone die of the Venus Shadow?" "Yes, I have," replied Jan in a low voice. He had seen two people out," he said. "Since we have no Jan had just figured out a combination arrest and cure the disease was removal from the dry, cloud-hung surface of Venus and return to a moist, sunny climate on Earth. Without that treatment, once by which he hoped to "Jan!" boomed Heemskerk, Jan struggled to his feet and "you must realize that Diego cannot "It isn't a colony, in the sense life is to be saved. He must get to Earth at once." Jan puffed at the Heerenbaai-Tabak Oostpoort is," explained Dekker. wait for a later ship, if his within two thousand kilometers." "The people are the families of a when the colony folded several from Rathole faster than that." "Had no fuel," replied Jan and cogitated. The place was aptly named. It was a ratty to Earth by spaceship. "Who's paying his passage?" he asked. "The Dutch Central Venus Company isn't exactly a charitable institution." to wait for the next ship," he pronounced. "The "This passenger can't wait," said Dekker. "He needs to be evacuated to Earth immediately. He's suffering from the Venus Jan relit his pipe silently, making Shadow." good Dutchman turns to in an Dekker was right. "Jan, you're the best driver in emergency: a windmill!" THE END Oostpoort," said Dekker. "You will have to take a groundcar to glance at Jan's face. "He has So now Jan gripped his clay Jan grunted. "The copters at Oostpoort can't buck this wind," he said thoughtfully, the surface rocks changed. On living from the Venerian vegetation. Jan never had seen it. He had little difficulty driving Jan whistled softly. He had a mental resolution that Dekker seen the effects of that disease. wouldn't take care of it alone. "Certainly," replied Jan with Jan. "But you know I'll do it." Centigrade in the west wind, and it was still going down. Jan reached the edge of a crack that made further progress and came to them. As Jan arose, She lifted his hands in hers and kissed them. Jan disengaged himself gently, embarrassed. But it occurred to him, looking down on the bowed Nearly three hours had passed since he left Oostpoort. He had seven hours to go and he was spotted with rust, Jan, surrounded minutes, during which Jan was Jan peered over the edge of the Jan made use of this calm to Jan sighed. It was an unhappy situation. As far as he could determine, without making tests, had once before, at Jan's appellation Jan's eyes. For a moment, he was carried back to the flat lands around 's Gravenhage. For back to Jan. "The Americans, of Jan thought that over, trying to find a way. "No, it wouldn't work," he Venerian wind is blowing. By the time I diagnosed the Venus Shadow in Diego, the wind was coming Jan found half a dozen Heemskerk shook his head sadly. The groundcar! Jan straightened Jan recoiled and dropped the man's hand. All the Orangeman blood he claimed protested in Jan recovered himself at once. He had been reading too much ancient history during his leisure Venus was beginning to affect his brain. It had been 500 years since the Netherlands revolted against Spanish rule. A lot of Jan, his head just above " He gestured for Jan to follow him and started off, pulling his way against the wind along the chain. Jan followed, and the with the fuel from the groundcar, Jan got above ground in a crouch, clinging to the rail of the struggling along the chain. platform, and helped them fill asked Jan. had greeted Jan, gesturing. " "I don't know," replied Jan. grateful you have come." "I thought for a while I wouldn't make it," said Jan ruefully, removing his venushelmet. "This is Mrs. Murillo," said of Rathole came to Jan's side and tried the engines. They refused asked Jan, astonished. She looked interpreted to Jan. "Is that correct?" "Why, yes, that's true." Jan threw up his hands and went back into the dome. "I should have known that," he The boy was healthy-looking, alert, but the mark of the Venus worked, Jan stared out at the shaking Jan's hand again. "Thanks," replied Jan. He donned if the trip over was any indication." Jan and Diego made their way back down the chain to the Jan looked at his watch. A Jan swung the groundcar around and headed back eastward. It was easier driving with the was getting noticeably darker. Jan was sorry. He had done his best, but Venus had beaten him. He looked around for Diego. The boy was not in the dome. He wind behind him, and Jan hit a still shivering. Jan did not realize Diego must know of his ailment, and why he had to go to Oostpoort. If Jan was any judge this until he had to brake the of character, Sanchez would have like the surface of quicksand. The ground far ahead of him had a strange color to it. Jan, when it blasted off for Earth, Jan did not know. Vanderdecken told him that. Whether Diego he must realize the seriousness involved in a decision to send him all the way to Earth. Jan felt ashamed of the exuberant foolishness which had led him to spout ancient history liked Diego and wished desperately the bottom. Cursing choice Dutch profanity, Jan wheeled the groundcar northward and drove along the edge of the abyss as fast as he he could do something. Outside, the windmills of Rathole There was no point in going back southward. It might be a

<question>:
How does Jan change throughout the story?

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A Jan starts out prejudice against the dark-skinned Spaniards but in the end he sees them as humans just like himself.
B Jan starts out being lazy and selfish, but in the end he learns to care about others.
C Jan learns to be clever and problem solve dilemmas.
D Jan realizes that it was wrong to colonize Venus and decides to return to Holland.

<answer>:

A