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Directions: Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

With that, I swallowed the shampoo, and obtained the most realistic results almost on the spot.
The man shuffled away into the back regions to make up a prescription, and after a moment I got through on the shop-telephone to the Consulate, intimating my location.
Then, while the pharmacist was wrapping up a six-ounce bottle of the mixture, I groaned and inquired whether he could give me something for acute gastric cramp.
I intended to stage a sharp gastric attack, and entering an old-fashioned pharmacy, I asked for a popular shampoo mixture, consisting of olive oil and flaked soap.

Explanation:

(a) DCBA is the correct answer choice.
D introduces the intention of the person ‘to stage a gastric attack’ and the rest explain the sequence of events: D: I ... asked for shampoo mixture ...
C: ‘Then’ feigns gastric attack and asks for some medicine.
B: uses shop-telephone to inform the Consulate of his location (probably he also informs the Consulate of his gastric attack).
A: ‘With that’, swallows the shampoo to induce actual gastric attack.
The reason for the author’s intention, however, remains unclear.
(b) DACB also correctly starts with D, but A cannot follow D as he cannot swallow the shampoo mixture in A, untill he gets it from the pharmacist in C.
(c) BDAC and (d) BCDA. B can possibly start the paragraph, but A cannot come directly after D.

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