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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the group. The group thus had the appearance of a super-family and the males indulged and cared for all the children without reference to actual parenthood. "Daddy, I've tried and tried and I just can't turn this old key tight My wife got out of the car and looked around at the workmen hurrying "Well, Dad-dee, I can't!" "What?" My wife looked at me appraisingly and shook her head. "I thought you "You can't turn this old key tightly enough." meant it. But you really ought to. It would be your first." My son asked, "What happened to the animals?" "All right, wench. Sit on this chair." "Well," he said to her, "you can't say our pop isn't a man of decision." "Turned them over to the university for further study," I lied. through the dark overhead, they chattered and laughed and sometimes "Daddy?" "Yes?" "Mother says you are eccentric. Is that true?" "I'll speak to her about it." "Don't you "Do you understand the word?" mother that I retaliate. I say My wife tried the door, too, but more subtly, as if casually touching the knob while calling. "Lunch, dear." "Come on, you old hermit. I have a buffet on the terrace." "Our daughter says I'm eccentric. Wonder how the devil she found out." "From me, of course." "But you love me just the same." hamburgers. I gave the maid a pinch and said, "Hello, baby." My wife looked at me with a puzzled smile. "What on Earth's got into The maid beat it into the house. I wiped the back of my hand across my mouth and said aloud, "Yes, sir, the dangerous age. And, lady, I'm going to have fun." My wife sighed patiently. "Thanks. Yours deserve the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, too." Our son reared the new palomino I had just bought him for his I laughed and picked up my plate and sat down in a chair. My wife I thought, "By God, wouldn't he have a fit if he knew what I have back "Because, dear, I said so." pool. The cool sound of the dive sent the girl scurrying for her suit. I looked at my wife. "What's the idea?" "She's going to be a young woman soon." "Is that any reason for wearing clothes? Look at him. He's a young man sooner than already." "Oh, not that again! You were dangerous at any age." "It's a joke," I assured her. "I'm going to play a tremendous joke on on the walk in front of the movie just as Theda Bara's matinee let out. to stand around quietly and watch people encounter the surprise that you have prepared for them." She let go of my ear. "Is that the kind of fun you're going to have?" By four o'clock that afternoon, I was feeding them solid food and, with the spars closed, they were holding little cups and drinking water from them in a most humanlike way. They were active, curious, playful and decidedly amorous. Hello." The male watched me, grinning. He said, "'Ello, 'ello." As I walked into the kitchen, giddy with this enormous joke, my wife Oh, wonderful! Good old Guy! Everybody's a success. It's great. It's wonderful. Success on success!" The maid promptly left the kitchen for some other place. My wife just stared at me. "Have you been drinking the lab alcohol?" would laugh. Then someone authoritative would find a colony and observe them. He reluctantly admit the facts. Linguists would observe at close quarters "Darling, are you listening to me?" my wife asked with impatient "You didn't hear a word. You just sit there and grin into space." She toward us. Guy set it gently on the landing square and we walked down to meet them. I helped Em out and hugged her. Guy jumped out, asking, "Do you have your TV set on?" "No," I answered. "Should I?" "It's almost time for the broadcast. I was afraid we would miss it." "What broadcast?" "For heaven's sake, darling," my wife complained, "I told you about contact today. Thinks he's Zeus." I asked our son to wheel a TV set out onto the terrace while I made martinis for our friends. Then we sat down and drank the cocktails and My wife gave me a look himself explaining that when he pressed the button before him, the a sort of little sigh. We watched the hatch slowly close. "Darling, will you please—be— quiet "Yeah, Dad. Can it, will you? You're always gagging around." be something! I began to feel a little ashamed of the way I had been acting and I reached out and slapped old Guy on the shoulder. For just a moment, I thought of telling him about my volplas. But only for a moment. The screen returned to a studio, where an announcer explained that the broadcasting scientific data for several months. But now, ladies and was silence. I heard my boy whisper, "Uncle Guy, this is the biggest!" My wife said, "Em, I think I'll just faint." it's always been pictured. A mechanical voice cut in. The women were kissing him and hugging him. Everybody was yelling at once. down the accelerator. From now on, they could have babies in their own the opportunity to slip the oldest of the males and his two females out They were all three wide-eyed at the world and jabbered continuously. playful curiosity about the world had been abandoned momentarily and he was chasing one of the girls. As usual, she was anxious to be caught in a golden flash and crashed with a bounce to the grass. The two girls reached him before I did and stroked and fussed over him so that I could not get near. Suddenly he laughed with a shrill little whoop. After that, it was a carnival. I watched them affectionately and wondered about the advisability of leaving them out here. Well, it had to be done sometime. Nothing I could tell them about surviving would help them as much as a little actual surviving. I called the male over to me. are very few of you left. Since you have been staying at my place, you naturally have forgotten the ways of living outdoors." "We can learn again. We want to stay here." His little face was so solemn and thoughtful that I reached out and stroked the fur on his head reassuringly. "Chances are they won't stay long. Keep your eye on the tree in case they leave while you are climbing." wonderingly, stopping now and then to watch him. When they were own. The girl who had raised the birds from the tree volplaned back to us, yammering like a bluejay. It was a hero's welcome. He had to walk back, of course—he had no way to carry such a load in flight. The girls glided out to meet him. Their lavish affection held him up for a time, but eventually he strutted in like every human hunter. They were raptly curious about the bird. They poked at it, marveled at Later, I shared a small piece of the meat in their feast. They were gleeful and greasily amorous during the meal. When I had to leave, it was dark. I warned them to stand watches, keep the fire burning low and take to the tree above if anything approached. The male walked a little away with me when I left the fire. ready for it." "We like it here. We will stay. Tomorrow you bring more of us?" "Yes. I will bring many more of you, if you promise to keep them all here in this woods until they're ready to leave." "I promise." He looked up at the night sky and, in the firelight, I saw "That's right."

<question>:
Why is it ironic that the narrator's wife is asking him to be quiet during the broadcast?

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A She has been giving him alcohol, which could have been adding to the talkativeness
B She is talking more than he is, so the effort is misplaced
C He is usually fairly quiet, and this is unusual behavior for him
D He is being supportive of his friend for once and should be encouraged

<answer>:

A