Write a response describing what Lord Higa demands of the villagers and how the wise old woman’s response is different from that of the wise men in the village. Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

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.