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PASSAGE:
I say, simply, that they are too big. I am not ungrateful, not trying to be hateful, not in my opinion being overly fastidious. I am simply describing a characteristic of the hoops. But my grandfather’s feelings are damaged. No, they can’t be made smaller, and no, he’s not interested in helping me with the backboards now or with any other part of my plan. He’s sorry he got involved in the first place. This, too, is a corollary of “flawed competence.” We are sensitive, especially about our work, especially about the flawed part of our work.

QUESTION
8)It can most reasonably be inferred from the sixth para- graph (lines 36–46) that the statement that the basket- ball hoops “can’t be made smaller” (line 40) is:
F. a fact stated by the grandfather apologetically.
G. an opinion stated by the grandfather indignantly.
H. a claim the narrator makes to humiliate a relative.
J. a conclusion the narrator reaches after hard labor.

Can someone explain their reasoning behind coming to the answer to this question?
Thankyou so much.

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The answer is G. Her grandfather’s “feelings are damaged” leading him to become “indignant.”

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The comment was made by the grandfather, so H and J can be eliminated. The grandfather is not apologetic at all, so F can be eliminated leading to G by process of elimination.