Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Today I have a college admission interview with a Yale alum. Yale is the second-best school, but for once, I put my foot down and (1)____________ to apply to the best school (Harvard). The idea of (2)___________ Charlie's younger brother at another school is a bridge entirely too far. Besides, (3)__________ knows if Harvard would even take me now that Charlie's been suspended. My mom and (4)_____________are in the kitchen. Because of my interview, she's steaming frozen mandu (dumplings) for me as a treat. I am having a pre-mandu appetiser of Cap'n Crunch (the best cereal known to mankind) and (5)__________ in my Moleskine notebook.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: whose
Option 2: which
Option 3: who
Option 4: whom
Correct Answer: who
Solution : The correct choice is the third option .
Explanation:
The interrogative pronoun who should be used here in this sentence. "Who knows" is used for asking rhetorical questions to show that the person asking them does not know the answer.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: Besides, who knows if Harvard would even take me now that Charlie's been suspended.
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