Tfrom levitt and dubner’s freakonomics. as it happens, feldman’s accidental study provides a window onto a form of cheating that has long stymied academics: white-collar crime. (yes, shorting the bagel man is white-collar crime, writ however small.) it might seem ludicrous to address as large and intractable a problem as white-collar crime through the life of a bagel man. but often a small and simple question can chisel away at the biggest problems. despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime. the reason? there are no good data. a key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. what purpose does the “bagel man” serve in this argument? to shift the focus toward a specific man to entertain the reader with a funny story to show the seriousness of cheating to shed light on white-collar crime

They use the bagel man to shed light on white-collar crime

In adding "shorting the bagel man" and stating it is white-collar crime they pull attention to the term and all that it encompasses, in a funny but clear way, making the reader consider what it knows about the topic and want more of the explanation to come.

The right answer is letter C) to show the seriousness of cheating.

Explanation:

This excerpt draws readers attention to the fact that cheating, however small it may seem, is serious. Shorting the bagel man is a much a white-collar crime as embezzling is. Even though it may sound as a funny argument, the purpose is likely to show people that cheaters are eveywhere, and that they get away with it. Only few are caught doing it and, when they are, it is usually the "big shots". Still, all sorts of cheating constitute the same crime. It is, thus, a serious matter.

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since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.