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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Unfortunately , there was only one thing he could bring back first," I said. "I'm beginning to feel this. We could get some of that barbecued ox." "Maybe we ought to eat something "Vegetarian," he said. "Couldn't possibly eat meat. Barbarous. Ugh." from the wonderful future ... and though he didn't want to ... nevertheless he did.... "Well, we need some nourishment," I said. his tongue over his teeth in distaste, groaned, fumbled in a drawer for the aspirin bottle. nourishment in beer." That made sense. I yelled, " "There's supposed to be considerable Fräulein! to use for money?" "Providence," Simon told her whilst fiddling with the aspirin bottle, "will provide." "Hm-m-m. But before providing He looked over at Betty and said, almost as though reciting, "What I hotel?" Pschorrbräu tent." That seemed like a good question. elbow. Something that would net about fifty dollars." Simon said, mournful of tone, I thought about it for a while. Finally "Fifty dollars? Why not make it five hundred?" "Money," Simon said. "When you took this job you said it was the romance that appealed to you." Simon said, enigmatically, "Now Arth closed his eyes in pain. Simon said unenthusiastically, "That's quite a gadget," I groaned. "If I didn't feel so lousy, I'd the bed holding his bald head in his hands. "I remember now," he sorrowed. "You didn't have a hotel. Simon, said finally, "You know Phased all the way down." "You haven't got a handful of aspirin, have you?" I asked him. "Just a minute," Arth said, staggering erect and heading for what my name, that's pretty good. Never saw you before in my life. Stop fussing Simon said nothing. Across the "I'm clean. I won't mess up the place. All I've got is a hangover, not Simon continued to say nothing she lice." "Why?" "Why?" I took the pill, followed it with a Arth was gone. He came back in two or three minutes, box of pills in hand. "Here, take one of these." glass of water. None was forthcoming. There And went out like a light. Arth was shaking my arm. "Want a hundred years or so and killed your own great-grandfather. Then how could you ever be born?" fellow growled. "How?" Simon said, "Let's get to the point, another everybody upped with their king-size mugs and drank each other's health. My head was killing me. "This is where I came in, or something," I cautious, "At my hotel, don't you remember?" "What," Betty said, "are you going contention that within a century or so man will have solved the problems better to read the lettering on my Simon seemed incapable of carrying fact that they'd somehow managed to lose my bag didn't help. I worked earthenware mug. It read Augustinerbräu. Simon put in a word. "The usual receipt. He didn't speak English and twenty-five years ago and shot Hitler, then all subsequent history would be changed. In that case, the time traveler himself might never be born. They have to tread mighty carefully." time traveler returned to a period of Somehow we'd evidently on the subject, young man." Simon shrugged and fumbled again with the aspirin bottle. Mr. Oyster went on. "I've been considering the matter for some time by the minute. I was bleeding to should drink a gallon or more of Marzenbräu. I decided the hell with it. I took death through the eyes and instead Simon held up a hand. "There's and—" no use prolonging this. As I understand their perch, bug-eyed Simon, but then , and I'd had it. Simon said, "You want to hire me I got more guff there. Something was fouled up, some clerk's error, evidently. The trip back was as uninteresting as the one over. As the hangover began to wear off—a little—I was almost sorry I hadn't been able to stay. If I'd only been able to get a room I would have stayed, I told myself. the office rather than going to my apartment. I figured I might as well "I told you I'd been considering it for some time. The Oktoberfest Betty and Simon waited. you came for? Impatient to hear if hangover. "Came for?" Mr. Oyster snorted. Mr. Oyster was saying something to the effect that if I didn't leave today, it would have to be tomorrow, that he hadn't ponied up that thousand dollars advance for anything less than immediate service. Stuffing his receipt in his wallet, he fussed Betty said, "What's the matter "All right," Simon said. "We'll accept this marble-missing client came I tried just once more. "Uh, when "Well," the old boy pursued, into did you first see this Mr. Oyster?" "This morning," I said weakly. somebody with a strange accent, or who didn't know exactly how to wear it was me that needed candling by a "But why would a time traveler "Why not! What better opportunity Simon's story), "did you Simon shrugged, put one hand to Roman Triumph, perhaps the Rites of Dionysus, or one of Alexander's more." "I'm not interested in more," Mr. He took a deep breath. "No ma'am, you'd have to stick to some great event, both for the sake of actual as he left. Simon winced at the noise, took the aspirin bottle from its drawer, took two, washed them down with water from the desk carafe. The old boy wound it up. "Well, that's the story. What are your rates? The Simon was shaking his head. "Not one way of taking care of a crackpot. But I'm surprised you didn't "I did," Simon groaned. "Three Simon nodded, miserably. Simon "Sorry," Simon said. "Can't be "I keep telling you," Simon said "No go," Simon said, a sad quality "Out of the question," Simon "Just for laughs," Simon told the two of them sourly, "suppose I tell you a funny story. It goes like this:" I got a thousand dollars from Mr. furious at him, "you've given up! Simon said wearily, "There's just one thing you can bring back with you from the future, a hangover compounded of a gallon or so of Marzenbräu. packed a bag. Hell, I'd wanted a vacation of an advance, and leaving him with Oyster (Simon began) in the way He shuddered. "If you think I'm going to take another crack at this "All right," I told him plaintively. He looked at me, waiting. I came up. "Mistaken," I admitted. A or two apiece later he looked carefully at the name engraved on "Yes, why?" he said. He took a small notebook from his pocket and a pencil, noted down the word and returned the things. Shouldn't have said that." I had never heard of the brand so I skipped it. well. "My pilgrimage," he told me. "All my life I've been wanting to go back to an . "I'll help you," I told him. "Very noble endeavor. Name is Simon." "Arth," he said. "How could you help?" "I'm still fresh—comparatively. mass A beer later I said, "I don't know if you'll make it or not, Arth." "Make what?" to her for refills. asked him, in the way of making that?" Arth thought about it. Took another

<question>:
Why did Simon's new friend not give him an aspirin when Simon asked for one?

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A He had run out of aspirin and did not know how to help.
B The friend thought Simon needed to deal with his headache like a man.
C He needed to knock him out to go back to the festival so that Simon would not know what had happened.
D He gave him a different medicine instead that he thought would work better.

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C