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Direction (1 - 4): Read the extract given below and answer the following questions by choosing the correct option.

"My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you. The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master comes tomorrow. This is your last French lesson. I want you to be very attentive."

What a thunderclap these words were to me!

Oh, the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town hall!

Why does M Hamel want the students to be attentive?

A) Because it is his fast French lesson.

B) Because the order has come from Berlin.

C) Because he is about to reveal the exam paper.

D) Because the government officer is on a visit.