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

<passage>:
"They've found the tractor," McIlroy said. the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Some men just haven't got good sense. They just can't seem to learn the most fundamental things. Like when there's no use trying—when it's time to give up because it's hopeless.... long." "You're a genius, man!" Jones exclaimed. "No," Evans answered, "a Welshman, nothing more." hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Fifty thousand was paid for. The rest was promissory notes and grubstake shares. When he was broke, which he had a fortune in chromium. The chromite petered out in a month and a claim." "Claim?" "Sure, man, I've thousands of tons of water here. It's the richest mine half, and he was lucky to break even. reserve—plus one is five—plus sixteen days normal supply equals twenty-one days to live. In seventeen days he might be missed, but in seventeen days it would be dark again, and the search for him, if it ever began, could not begin for thirteen more days. At the earliest it would be eight days too late. position. "Batteries must be dead," he told himself. "What batteries?" he asked. "There're no batteries in here, the power He thought this one out carefully. The generator was not turned by the used. It was one day's supply if used wastefully. It was ostentatious luxury for a man with a month's supply of water and twenty-one days to live. McIlroy decreased the density again until the room was comfortably to function properly, and to prevent air loss in case of the highly improbable meteor damage. McIlroy thought that on the whole, he was disobeying his own orders no more flagrantly than anyone else in the survey. McIlroy had no illusions about his ability to lead men. Or rather, he did have one illusion he thought that he was completely unfit as a leader. It was true that his strictest orders were disobeyed with cheerful contempt, but it was also true his mildest requests were complied with eagerly and smoothly. Everyone in the survey except McIlroy realized this, and even he accepted this without thinking about it. He had fallen into the habit of suggesting mildly anything that he wanted done, and writing orders he didn't particularly care to have obeyed. For example, because of an order of his stating that there would be no alcoholic beverages within the survey building, the entire survey was assured of a constant supply of home-made, but passably good liquor. Even McIlroy enjoyed the surreptitious drinking. "How do you do, Mr. Phelps," McIlroy greeted him. "I'll certainly be glad to get them off my hands," McIlroy said. "I hope they're in good order." "There doesn't seem to be any profit," Mr. Phelps said. "That's par for a nonprofit organization," said McIlroy. "But we're amateurs, and we're turning this operation over to professionals. I'm sure it will be to everyone's satisfaction." "Well," said McIlroy, "that's not so silly. I don't know either." "Well, there you are," laughed McIlroy, "it isn't that time doesn't mean threatened to tear several of the mirrors loose. "What happened here?" Spotty Cade, one of the electrical technicians asked his foreman, Cowalczk, over the intercommunications radio. "I've got about a hundred pinholes in the cables out here. It's no wonder they don't work." rumble." "Sounds pretty bad." "Could have been worse," said Cowalczk. commented. "That could hurt," Cowalczk admitted, "but there was only one of them." right, or something very much like it. One of the crystals that he thought was quartz turned out to be calcite, and one of the ones that he was sure could be nothing but calcite was actually potassium nitrate. out. At this time he was visiting with his old friend McIlroy. "I swear, Mac," said Jones, "another season like this, and I'm going back to mining." "I thought you were doing pretty well," said McIlroy, as he poured two McIlroy had heard all of this before. "How's that?" he asked politely. "You may think it's myself running the ship," Jones started on his tirade, "but it's not. The union it is that says who I can hire. The union it is that says how much I must pay, and how large a crew I need. And then the Commission ..." The word seemed to give Jones an unpleasant taste in his mouth, which he hurriedly rinsed with a sip of Scotch. "The Commission," he continued, making the word sound like an obscenity, McIlroy noticed that his friend's glass was empty, and he quietly filled it is that says what I'll sell it for. If I had my way, I'd charge only fifty cents a pound for freight instead of the dollar forty that the Commission insists on. That's from here to Earth, of course. There's no "Why not?" asked McIlroy. He knew the answer, but he liked to listen to "What good would it do to charge fifty cents a pound?" asked McIlroy. and not worth mining here the low-grade ores of uranium and vanadium, they need these things on Earth, but they can't get them as long as it "Even though I say it who shouldn't, two-eighty a quart is too much to pay for water." Both men fell silent for a while. Then Jones spoke again: half. Can't you get in touch with him by radio?" "He isn't carrying one. Most of the prospectors don't. They claim that a "Oh, of course," McIlroy grinned as he refilled the glasses. " Slainte, McIlroy, bach. " [Health, McIlroy, man.] " thought grew on him as he worked that this couldn't be the only such resolved not to leave the tractor again, and reluctantly abandoned his "How come we have to blow the boilers now?" asked Lehman. "Because I say so," Cowalczk shouted, surprised at his outburst and "What's going on out there?" demanded McIlroy on the intercom. "Sorry," McIlroy said, realizing that this was no time for officials. power in it to crush the scale." McIlroy released a statement today that Howard Evans, a prospector is missing and presumed lost. Evans, who was apparently exploring McIlroy has expressed a hope that Evans will be found before his dark. Little hope is held for radio contact with the missing man as it is believed he was carrying only short-range, intercommunications equipment. Nevertheless, receivers are ... Captain Nickel Jones was also expressing a hope: "Anyway, Mac," he was saying to McIlroy, "a Welshman knows when his luck's run out. And never a word did he say." "Like as not, you're right," McIlroy replied, "but if I know Evans, he'd never say a word about any forebodings." "Well, happen I might have a bit of Welsh second sight about me, and it tells me that Evans will be found." McIlroy chuckled for the first time in several days. "So that's the "Well, yes," Jones answered. "I thought that it might happen that a McIlroy for a moment, and when he moved slightly in his sleep, she McIlroy woke up slowly. He leaned back in his chair and stretched. His "Any news?" asked McIlroy. McIlroy was fully awake. He glanced at Phelps and wondered how long it had been since he had slept last. More than that, McIlroy wondered why this banker, who had never met Evans, was losing so much sleep about finding him. It began to dawn on McIlroy that nearly the whole search. The director turned to ask Phelps about this fact, but the banker was It was three hours later that McIlroy woke Phelps.

<question>:
Of the options presented, which represents McIlroy's greatest flaw as a leader?

<options>:
A He is too lenient
B He is hypocritical
C He is too strict
D He is untrustworthy

<answer>:

A