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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breathless messenger as Kinton who did land there, there was no returning—only the bitterness of respect—and justice! Kinton repeated his question, He can walk some now, you know, because of Dr. Chuxolkhee's metal pin. He—he stole a ground car and is gone." Kinton smiled wrily, and ran hurtled through the meteorite belt and down to the surface of Tepokt, leaving him the only survivor. highly civilized Tepoktans constantly Kinton answered in their language, them by surprise, he killed two of the constables and injured the third before fleeing with one Kinton felt his eyes bulging Kinton looked from him to the Tepoktan was slightly under Kinton's height of five-feet-ten, that his suspicions concerning Birken had been only too accurate. Why was it one like him who got through? he asked himself in silent anguish. After ten still left Kinton with a feeling of misproportion. He should be used to it after ten years, he thought, but even now— He did not worry about his own position. That was well people who had been so generous to him. natural. to a rage by the killing, Kinton told himself, he would not have been concerned about himself. He "I sympathize with your curiosity," he added. "It is a marvel had reached a fairly ripe age for was so eagerly received. Even though he was the first stellar visitor in their recorded history, Kinton remained conscious of the little show of approval by him unable to offer the Tepoktans any pleased by his admiration, and wondered yet again why any [110] enjoyed a decade of borrowed Before Kinton had formed his reached a conclusion similar to his own. as Kinton's chief aide, hurried moment later, Kinton saw the he realize that two armed Tepoktans The aide reached Kinton and reached the surface of Tepokt. of. To protect him, he wondered. Or to get Birken? Kinton hesitated. Those in the of Kinton's limited number of an honor. They would hardly learn anything from him directly that was crumb of information Kinton knowingly had to offer—and some he thought he had forgotten. Still ... he sensed the disappointment at his announcement. sharp with the worry he endeavored but he is only one and injured." to control. "He has that spear, I suppose Later, aboard the jet helicopter those Kinton remembered using Kinton settled back in the seat Kinton smiled at his aide's In other words, he thought, he was responsible for Birken, who such remonstrances. He estimated kind. Maybe they really didn't want to risk hurting his feelings, but that was only part of it. They were leaving it up to him that he was about forty-eight and die. Whose wishes would then prevail? Maybe he was wrong, he thought. Maybe he shouldn't He wondered what to do. He had no actual faith in the idea to handle what they considered gnawing the knuckle of his left thumb. "He's on the run, all right. Probably scared the completed to Kinton's design. He caught himself and looked around to see if he had been overheard. Kinton, disturbed, tried of Kinton. Now, there was an example of their willingness to repay him for whatever help he had been, he reflected. They hadn't needed that for themselves. In some ways, compared to Maybe if he showed the man how they had proved the unpredictability Tepokt were underdeveloped. In of openings through the drew his attention. He rose, and room was made for him approaching, Kinton saw a halted lucky to have reached the surface even in a battered hulk. Tepoktans had told Kinton, "or Kinton turned away from the "Go down!" Kinton ordered. of Tepokt's sun upon the hull of By the time his passengers had alighted, however, Birken had For ten years, Kinton had "Birken!" shouted Kinton. to try it. The Tepoktans "Sorry, Kinton," he shouted and Kinton often told them jokingly that he felt no "Yeah, yeah, you told me. That don't mean I gotta believe it." urge to risk a physical encounter and Kinton remembered with his own personal Eye. there!" called Kinton. "I told Kinton had stepped forward Kinton couldn't just grab him—bad The call for help that had risen to his lips died there. "Not their He turned again to Birken, who still retreated toward the ship. "But he'll only get himself for a curse," he remarked, quoting and destroy the ship! Or if some miracle gets him through, that's worse! He's a Tepoktan proverb often applied [106] "Glory glitters till it is known killed for a long moment. The Tepoktans only one. committed murder the very first time he had been crossed. Half a dozen officials hastened that Kinton was able to learn a the motionless Tepoktans Kinton growled a Tepoktan expression one occupant of the wreck, alive or dead, had been discovered—had accordingly By the time Kinton's aging hurtled past. It had missed him curled a lip wrily at the sudden, unexpected pang of disappointment. Well, he hadn't realized until then what he was really hoping for! The spaceman had been cleaned up and bandaged by the Kinton ran at the Tepoktans, by an error of over six feet. now, as nearly as he could tell from the somewhat longer revolutions was a Terran, one of his own after his belt broke loose?" Kinton guessed. "I bow to your wisdom, to his surprise that the effort of seizing the weapon had him panting. Kinton could not remember close enough for that, and wondered if he was afraid of his own impending action. It wasn't fair, he complained to himself. The poor slob only had a spear, and a man couldn't Kinton made the accepted gesture blame him for wanting to get back to his own sort. He was limping ... hurt ... how could "From your records and Kinton pressed the firing stud. drawings, of course, George, for I have not yet had the good fortune Kinton, without exactly One struck the ground beside the man just as he set one foot enough established, whether or of the ship before exploding. not he could again hold up his head before the purple-scaled sputtered clumsily from his lips after ten years. He tried again. Kinton sighed. realized that his own language He could tell that they were Even if they had been aroused see to him, please?" Kinton musta come here when all the planets were open." "All right!" yielded Kinton, the land-hungry poops figured a way to set down here, though, or He climbed into the helicopter a spaceman. In fact, he had already Kinton stared at his hands, rule—prisons, for instance. He resolved to be wary of the Didn't want nobody else hurt if I didn't make it. Say, how bad am I banged up?" Kinton realized guiltily that the man should be resting. He [108] had lost track of the moments would have built you another ship, George, for it was you who Kinton flexed his fingers that the other injuries were not serious. "They'll fix you up," he assured the spaceman. "They're Should he have a chance to go back and commit more For the next three weeks, Kinton felt that he should not neglect the few meetings which were the only way he could repay the Tepoktans for all they did for him. On the other hand, the chance to see and talk with one of his own kind drew him like a magnet Kinton. "I ... it's just—" they had known before Kinton "It's just that now I'm lonely ... again," he said. learn all Kinton could tell him reticent. Kinton worried George?" "It is not impossible," admitted Kinton unhappily. "He will tell me little about himself. It may be that he was caught in Tepokt's gravity while fleeing from justice." To himself, he wished he had not told Birken about the spaceship. He didn't think the man

<question>:
How did Kinton survive his crash onto Tepokt?

<options>:
A He is a great pilot.
B He had an extra strong spaceship.
C He followed a specific path.
D He got lucky.

<answer>:

D