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Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

After submitting his resignation, Albert came out and took the long narrow road leading to the railway station which was one of the busiest roads in the city. Sad and depressed and worried about looking for a new job, Albert looked around for a cigarette shop. He walked up to the end of the road but found no tobacconist. It was odd that such a busy thoroughfare with thousands of people passing through, did not even have a single cigarette shop. He suddenly felt that it was no longer necessary for him to hunt for a job. He decided to open a tobacco shop himself. It was bound to be profitable, he felt.

Albert was sad and depressed because:

A) he had no money for the train journey.

B) he had to walk on a long road.

C) he was not able to buy cigarettes.

D) he was worried about finding a new job.

E) None of these