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Judge each claim true or false

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    He wanted three months of shelter and food on the Island.
  2. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    He was arrested the moment he smashed the shop window.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    He held the law less humbling to accept than charity.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The young woman he pestered called a policeman at once.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The organ music made him decide to look for honest work.
  6. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    He was taken away while standing still and doing nothing.
Instructions
Tap true or false for each claim about the man who wanted a winter behind bars.

Explanation

_Source: O. Henry, The Four Million (1906), public domain_
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