From "The Mock Caliph" Read the paragraph.
"The old man said, 'Good sirs, for one dinar I will take you as far up or down
the river as you wish. For one dinar more, I will take you to see the palace of
the Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and for one dinar more than that, I can arrange for
you to meet him."
What does the reader know that the old man does not?
O A.
The merchants are unable to pay the old man.
O B.
The old man is talking to the real Caliph.
O C.
The Caliph will not admit the merchants to his palace.

the answer would be a

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i think its a.

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