Question 81
EasyOriginal questionCustomer: How much for the mangoes?
: For you, sister, a hundred and twenty a kilo.
Customer: A hundred and twenty! Are they grown in gold?
Vendor: In the finest in Ratnagiri. Smell one. Go on.
Customer: I can smell it from here. The shop at the corner sells them for ninety.
Vendor: Then the shop at the corner must be selling very small, very sad mangoes. Look at the colour on these.
Customer: The colour is very nice. The price is less nice. A hundred.
Vendor: A hundred and ten, and I'll give you the best ones myself.
Customer: A hundred, and I'll come back every Sunday.
Vendor: (sighs) Every Sunday?
Customer: Every Sunday until the ends.
Vendor: My children will go hungry, but all right. A hundred. For a customer who keeps her promises.
Customer: You haven't seen me keep it yet.
Vendor: I have seen your face. That is enough.
"Are they grown in gold?" is the customer's way of saying that
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
She reacts to the price of a hundred and twenty with this question.
It is a joking exaggeration: only mangoes grown in gold would cost so much.
Worth noting
The question is not meant to be answered. It is a way of complaining about the price.
- Concept
- Understanding a rhetorical question
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