Lines 24–38: what supporting details does the author provide to explain his reference to “january first”? which fact tells why january first is important to haitians? what opinions does the author use to describe the day? what do these details suggest about the central idea of the paragraph?

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.