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(1) When Satyendra phoned his driver from the station, the driver told him
his car had no gasoline
his car’s battery had run down
his car had been stolen
his car had been in an accident
(2) When Satyendra went to inspect highway projects in Koderma he
walked
was driven by his driver
got a ride with one of the truck drivers working on the road
rode his bicycle
(3) Some of the road-building work was not being done with up-to-date equipment because
no up-to-date equipment was available
the contractors who were given the job had been lying about what equipment they had
the contractors were worried about damaging their expensive equipment
contractors hired by the government were passing the work on to others
(4) When Satyendra was going to college in Allahabad
he lived in a large room with many other students
he lived by himself
he lived with his aunt and uncle
he lived with his parents
(5) Although the police did not agree, Satyendra’s friends thought he had been murdered by
soldiers
a rickshaw driver
robbers
businessmen
(6) Satyendra went to work for the Indian goverment instead of a big corporation because
he thought he could make more money that way
he wanted to to do something for his country
there were no jobs available at the big corporations
he had friends in high places in the government
(7) The day before he was killed Satyendra had gone to
a wedding
a funeral
a football game
a meeting with some contractors
(8) Satyendra didn't sign the letter he sent to the Prime Minister because
he didn’t want the Prime Minister to know who he was
he didn’t want his name to be published in a newspaper
sending a letter to the Prime Minister was against the rules
he knew the letter might be shown to other people