The man Tom meets on his way home says he can't do the same work anymore because he's lost his

The man Tom meets on his way home says he can't do the same work anymore because he's lost his

• A. Spirit
• B. Farm
• C. Feeling in his left hand
• D. Tools

Answer: (D)

This question centers on how a migrant worker’s ability to work is tied to the tools he carries. The man says he can’t do the same work anymore because he’s lost his tools, and in this world those tools are the very instruments of his labor. Without them, he has no means to perform his trade, so his livelihood is abruptly cut off. The other options don’t fit the situation: losing his spirit would refer to morale, losing the farm to work on rather than the tool itself, or losing feeling in a hand would be a physical impairment rather than a loss of equipment that enables work. The emphasis here is that tools symbolize the worker’s livelihood, and losing them means he can’t do the same work.

This question centers on how a migrant worker’s ability to work is tied to the tools he carries. The man says he can’t do the same work anymore because he’s lost his tools, and in this world those tools are the very instruments of his labor. Without them, he has no means to perform his trade, so his livelihood is abruptly cut off. The other options don’t fit the situation: losing his spirit would refer to morale, losing the farm to work on rather than the tool itself, or losing feeling in a hand would be a physical impairment rather than a loss of equipment that enables work. The emphasis here is that tools symbolize the worker’s livelihood, and losing them means he can’t do the same work.