True or False: Tom shows sympathy and grieves with the junk dealer about his deformity.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not stated
• D. Irrelevant

Answer: (B)

The situation tests how Tom responds to others’ suffering and whether he extends shared grief to someone outside his immediate circle. In the text, Tom’s reactions are practical and restrained rather than a deep, shared mourning over another person’s deformity. He tends to show sympathy in ways tied to practical support and solidarity with family and fellow migrants, not in a moment of mutual grieving about a deformity with the junk dealer. Because the narrative does not depict Tom entering into a joint, tearful grieving moment about the dealer’s deformity, the statement isn’t supported, so it’s false.