Instructions Read the question carefully and select the best answer.
What does the following paragraph reveal mainly about Goodman Brown's family (paragraph 18)?
"Such company, thou wouldst say," observed the elder person, interpreting his pause. "Well said, Goodman Brown! I have been as well
acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans; and that's no trifle to say. I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he
lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem, and it was that brought your father a pitch-pine knot, kindled at my own
hearth, to set fire to an Indian village, in King Philip's war. They were my good friends, both; and many a pleasant walk have we had along this
path, and returned merrily after midnight. I would fain be friends with you for their sake."
A. They may have been responsible for evil deeds that betray their supposed "goodness.
B. They are not responsible for the evil acts because devil made them do it
C. The "elder person is a descendant or relative of Goodman Brown's
D. The elder person is lying to Goodman Brown