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Direction (5 - 8): Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

I went to the pool when no one else was there. The place was quiet. The water was still, and the tiled bottom was as white and clean as a bathtub. I was timid about going in alone, so I sat on the side of the pool to wait for others.

I had not been there long when in came a big bruiser of a boy, probably eighteen years old. He had thick hair on his chest. He was a beautiful physical specimen, with legs and arms that showed rippling, muscles. He yelled. "Hi, Skinny! How'd you like to be ducked?"

How did the pool look like when the narrator went there?

A) Pleasant and lively

B) Thrilling and attractive

C) Timid and indifferent

D) Still and clean