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

<passage>:
found out." as it used to down there?" "We could tell by the sun, silly." "Of course," he said, grinning at his stupidity. "And I guess we're not Lakes—or Lake Erie, anyway." They were musing about the geography when a plane came out of a Don Cort, stranded on that rising town, was beginning to suspect that "Transportation?" Alis squeezed the arm she was holding. "Why? Don't you "If you mean don't I like you, the answer is yes, of course I do. But if I don't get out of this handcuff soon so I can take a bath and get into clean clothes, you're not going to like me." over a second cup of coffee in a diner, when he screeched to a stop. If at the end of Don's handcuff began to talk to him. sped off to a telephone. was missing. The train's schedule called for it to pass through but not disappearance at midnight. The truck driver had made his discovery shortly after midnight. had been over the state. Washington said no. The Pentagon and the Atomic Energy Commission denied that they had been conducting secret experiments. up. The town's biggest factory made kitchen sinks and the next biggest made bubble gum. A United Airlines pilot found Superior early on the morning of November " Cold up here!" Don Cort had been dozing in what passed for the club car on the Buckeye Don had taken a passing interest earlier in the evening asked, "Why did "Somebody flagged us down," the conductor said. "We don't make a station "Will we be here long?" Don asked the conductor. He didn't want to miss his plane at Columbus. The sooner he got to Washington, the sooner he'd Don hesitated, shrugged at the redhead, said, "Excuse me," and followed sat in the dark, hissing steam. Don made his way up to the locomotive Don saw two men who must have been the engineer and the fireman talking "Well, let's hurry up. We haven't got all night." Standing on tiptoe and repressing a touch of giddiness, Don looked over Don looked at the fireman, who had an unbelieving expression on his "Overnight," Geneva Jervis said. "If what Mr. Cort and the fireman say is true. I haven't seen the edge myself." said, "if we don't settle back in the meantime." "Was there any sort of explosion?" Don asked. "No. There wasn't any sensation at all, as far as I noticed. I was watching the late show—or trying to. My house is down in a hollow and reception isn't very good, especially with old English movies. Well, all course. I said, 'What?' and then he told me." "What's that?" Don asked. the mayor wouldn't look foolish the next morning, not knowing his town "Maybe not. But I'll bet they're swarming all over you by morning." Don laughed again. "He sure is." Cort!" she said, annoyed. "You know as well as I do that " Places to sleep," she corrected. She looked angry. "Of course," Don said, puzzled by her emphasis. "Come on. Where they put you, you'll probably be surrounded by co-eds, even if I could get out of Don Cort had slept, but not well. He had tried to fold the brief case to had to sleep with his coat and shirt on. He got up, feeling gritty, and It was eight o'clock, according to the watch on the unhandcuffed wrist, students going to breakfast, he supposed, and the others were faculty members. The air was very clear and the long morning shadows distinct. others had gone from their unmade beds. He shivered as he stepped outdoors. It was crisp, if not freezing, and his breath came out visibly. First he'd eat, he decided, so he'd be strong enough to go take a good look over the edge, in broad daylight, to the Earth below. The mess hall, or whatever they called it, was cafeteria style and he got in line with a tray for juice, eggs and coffee. He saw no one he "You're Mr. Cort," she said. "Won't you join me?" "Thanks," he said, unloading his tray. "How did you know?" Alis—that's A-l-i-s, not A-l-i-c-e—Garet. Are you with the FBI? Or did "Nut factory? You mean Cavalier?" Don struggled to manipulate knife and fork without knocking things off the table with his clinging brief case. "Here, let me cut your eggs for you," Alis said. "You'd better order them scrambled tomorrow. Yes, Cavalier. Home of the crackpot theory and the latter-day alchemist." "I'm sure it's not that bad. Thanks. As for tomorrow, I hope to be out "How do you get down from an elephant? Old riddle. You don't extra. Ed Clark must have been up all night getting it out." She opened Don blinked at the headline: Alis said. Don read the story, which seemed to him a capricious treatment of an investigating.... Don skimmed the rest. "I don't see anything about it being deliberate." Alis had been creaming and sugaring Don's coffee. She pushed it across handwritten) he (c) has not the temerity to ask his linotype operator to Don said, "I'm beginning to like this Ed Clark." "You may call me Alis," she said. "And I'm nineteen." Don grinned. "Going on?" "Don's the name I've had for twenty-six years. Please use it." "Gladly. And now, Don, unless you want another cup of coffee, I'll go morning a blonde was apparently making an advance that hadn't been ," Alis said. "What I meant—for "Sure I do. Non-Einsteinian Relativity 1, at nine o'clock. But I'm a except for the conductor, who had dutifully spent the night aboard. "Not that I know of," Don said. He introduced him to Alis Garet. "What "You can go over to Cavalier and have breakfast," Alis said. "Nobody's going to steal your old train." The conductor reckoned as how he might just do that, and did. "You know," Don said, "I was half-asleep last night but before the train "Is it still? I mean hasn't it all poured off the edge by now? Was that Superior's water supply?" Alis shrugged. "All I know is you turn on the faucet and there's water. with a few autumn leaves still clinging to their branches, simply ended. "Where is the water going?" Don asked. "I can't make it out." "Down, I'd say. Rain for the Earth-people." "I should think it'd be all dried up by now. I'm going to have a look." "Don't! You'll fall off!" "I'll be careful." He walked cautiously toward the edge. Alis followed a spell of dizziness to pass. The Earth was spread out like a topographer's map, far below. Don took another wary step, then sat down. "Chicken," said Alis. She laughed uncertainly, then she sat down, too. "I still can't see where the water goes," Don said. He stretched out on his stomach and began to inch forward. "You stay there." "What?" tossed it to him. It rolled and Don had to grab to keep it from going over the edge. Alis gave a little shriek. Don was momentarily unnerved going off the edge!" "It isn't? Then where is it going?" "Why? How?" "What's the other source, besides the faucet in your bathroom?" Don

<question>:
Why did Alis tell Don that he should order his eggs scrambled for breakfast the next morning?

<options>:
A It was difficult for him to cut them with the briefcase handcuffed to himself.
B They were better cooked that way in the cafeteria.
C Because there were more available scrambled.
D Because they were not cooked in water when they were scrambled.

<answer>:

A