"I'm home!" Earl shouted as he walked in the door. His wife Gail came bounding…
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"I'm home!" Earl shouted as he walked in the door. His wife Gail came bounding down the stairs. She hadn't seen him since he had left to go on his silly fishing trip two weeks ago. "I missed you, Husband. Did you catch anything?" Gail reluctantly asked, knowing that Earl was not a very good fisherman. Earl scratched his head and responded, "You're not going to believe what I'm bringing home." Earl unzipped a cooler and pulled out several perfectly filleted salmon steaks. "Wow, Earl, I didn't know that you could fillet a fish like that." Earl looked around the room a little bit and scratched his head, "Uh, yeah, Jeff taught me how." Gail looked at him suspiciously. "Well, let me help you unpack." As Gail was helping Earl unpack his truck, she found a receipt from the grocery store. It was dated from that morning. What she saw was both disappointing and unsurprising.
Gail found what on the receipt?
- A.
Gail found the earl has purchased some costly item from the store
- B.
Gail found the earl has purchased some Fish Fillet from the store
- C.
Gail found the earl has not purchased some Gold from the store
- D.
None of these
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Correct answer: B
Answer: The receipt shows that Earl purchased fish fillets from the store.
Explanation:
Earl produced perfectly filleted salmon steaks when he returned.
Earl implied he had learned to fillet from someone else, which is suspicious given his history as a poor fisherman.
Finding a grocery receipt dated that morning showing fish fillets explains the perfectly filleted steaks: they were bought at the store, not caught and filleted by Earl on his trip.
Therefore, the receipt reveals that he purchased fish fillets, which makes the purchase of fish fillet the correct conclusion.