He [Mr. Summers] made a note on the list he was holding. Then he asked, “Watson boy drawing this year?”
A tall boy in the crowd raised his hand. “Here,” he said. “I’m drawing for my mother and me.” He
blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head as several voices in the crowd said things like “Good
fellow” and “Glad to see your mother’s got a man to do it.”

What does the author want you to infer about the Watson boy’s father?

Group of answer choices

He is at home in bed sick.

He was killed in a previous lottery.

He was older than most of the other villagers.

He died of an unknown illness.