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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what seemed to me, since I use two fingers only, a very creditable speed. laboratory after all, it seemed. "What is it?" I asked. "You never tasty, I might add. "Why, Donald," she said, "it could be quite interesting, if I understand what a junior achievement group is. What gave you the idea?" 20% solution." "Goodness." I protested, "it's been formula—." some of the children in the lower grades wanted to start one. They need adult guidance of course, and to the office today, and told me that and another in general physics in the Senior High School. It's a privilege which I'm sure many educators must envy, teaching in Ridgeville, for our new school is a fine one, and our academic standards are high. On the other hand, the fathers of most of my students work for the Commission and a constant awareness of the Commission and its work pervades the town. It is an uneasy privilege then, at least sometimes, to teach my old-fashioned brand of science to these children of a new age. "That's very nice," said Marjorie. "What does a junior achievement "It has the purpose," I told her, "of teaching the members something about commerce and industry. They manufacture simple compositions themselves. "Well, now," I demanded, in my best classroom voice. "What is all which are available for later educational expenses." "Gracious, you wouldn't have to sell from door-to-door, would you?" "Of course not. I'd just tell the kids how to do it." Marjorie put back her head and laughed, and I was forced to join her, for we both recognize that my understanding "Perhaps," I countered, "somebody should tell me." and "feel" for commercial told us." all those simply captivating mice." "Mice?" "Yes, of course. Who would ever have thought you could breed mice with those cute furry tails?" Well, after a while things quieted so, of course, did we, which meant be our headquarters and factory for the summer—a roomy unused barn belonging to the parents of one of "O.K.," I said, "let's relax. You don't need to treat me as a teacher, you know. I stopped being a school to do with the starting capital we Those mice! I have always kept my enthusiasm for rodents within bounds, but I must admit they were charming little beasts, with tails as bushy as miniature squirrels. "How many generations?" I asked were of an age and were all tall for ten-year-olds. I had the impression during that first meeting that they looked rather get out of their cages. But heaven knows what you'll do when fall comes. They won't live in an unheated from association, for they were close a certain similarity of restrained gesture and of modulated voice. And friends, they had just come to have right, if you promise me they can't of our efforts to protect the market. infectious laugh, and Tommy Miller, a few months younger, was just an average, extroverted, well adjusted youngster, noisy and restless, tee-shirted and butch-barbered. the gave us most of the third each. Tommy's ideas of pricing rather you like to make and sell?" I asked. The usual products, of course, with these junior achievement efforts, are chemical specialties that can be made safely and that people will buy and sort of thing. Mr. McCormack had told me, though, that I might find these youngsters a bit more ambitious. "The Miller boy and Mary McCready," he had said, "have exceptionally high IQ's—around one forty or one fifty. The other three are hard to classify. They have some of the attributes of exceptional pupils, but much of the time they seem to have little interest in their studies. The junior achievement idea has sparked their imaginations. Maybe it'll be just what they need." "I've been wondering whether something Mary said, "Why don't we make a that might be the case, and there are three patent men in our office who'd like to chip in and contribute some time. Partly for the kicks and partly "I'd like to make something by brainstorm. We'll worry about everything else." "What's to lose," Tommy interjected. And so we acquired a patent attorney, several of them, in fact. reluctantly. "Then maybe something "How about a new detergent?" Hilary put in. He was scornful. "No, they're formulations—you know, mixtures. got an idea for one that ought to be calling for capital investment. If we should keep the achievement group going for several summers, it might the last three nights studying the patent safe synthesis of some sort. You're Dr. Matlack's son, aren't you? Been dipping into your father's library?" "Some," said Hilary, "and I've got literature and a few standard "Mice," I echoed, then sat back and thought about it. "Are they a pure strain? One of the recognized laboratory strains? Healthy mice of the an idea the Commission buys a supply every month." "No," said Doris, "these aren't laboratory mice. They're fancy ones. I "I see. Just a mixture of stuff. And soft drinks and ice, a couple of loaves of bread and ingredients for a variety of sandwiches. The parents had agreed to underwrite lunches at the and to ask how we were progressing and that, according to all the articles I had perused, is most important to such groups. It's standard practice starts?" "Why not? The kids can sail through their courses without thinking about them, and actually they won't put in more than a few hours a week during the school year." "Even so, it's child labor, isn't it?" that they'd each do what came naturally. On the other hand, they young boy who doesn't know any better, may wind up a sales manager. Over the sandwiches, then, I suggested be the only employees—just at first, anyway." "Child labor nothing. They're the make. all, what's to lose?" It was Mary, finally, who advanced "and think about the small end. It'll work out all right." I wished that the youngsters weren't starting out by inventing a new article to manufacture, and risking an almost certain disappointment, but to hold my guidance to the minimum, I said nothing, knowing that later I could help them redesign it along standard lines. to recall all of the ideas which had been propounded. Most of them were impractical, of course, for a group of children to attempt, but several of them appeared quite attractive. Tommy, for example, wanted to two colors in the same bottle—orange for morning and blue for night, the blue ones designed to leave the a few turns of a screwdriver. Hilary, reluctantly forsaking his ideas on detergents, suggested we possible, to scatter on a snowy sidewalk where they would pick up extra heat from the sun and melt the and spread on the surface of a reservoir to reduce evaporation. These latter ideas had made unknowing use of some basic physics, and I'm afraid I relapsed for a few minutes into the role of teacher and told them a little bit about the laws of radiation and absorption of heat. It was beautifully made, and had a She looked doubtful. "Why it would have to, wouldn't it? It changed the pattern of air pressures." She glanced at me quickly. "Of course, I tried a lot of different "Oh, sure, but don't you think it would be better to borrow from a bank? More businesslike?" complacency in his voice. "It didn't figured what's to lose, and picked one. stapling the seemed to satisfy him. He said he

<question>:
Central theme of the story? Unrestrained allows for greater success and creativity and progress?

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A When children are allowed to challenge authority, the possibilities for havoc aren't as extreme as adults assume they will be
B When children are allowed to control a group, the possibilities for destruction are higher than in a controlled, rulebound environment
C When children are allowed to follow their dreams, the possibilities for failure are more amplified than in a practical, realistic environment
D When children are allowed to embrace creativity, the possibilities for innovation are higher than in a rigid, standardized environment

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D