Read the passage. Why did the officers ask Kai what the chairs in his home looked like?

A
They had seen the Chinese poems engraved on the walls.

B
They thought it was a good question for a 12-year-old.

C
They wanted to see if Kai was really a skilled furniture maker.

D
They wanted to make sure Kai's answers matched his father's.

D - They wanted to make sure Kai's answer matches his father's

Explanation:

This is simple deduction, none of the answers really have anything to do with Kai. But, if someone passed before him (his father) and they asked Kai the same questions they asked his father, they can cross examine and deduce whether Kai is really his son or not (because we find out in the text that people would often claim others as being their children even though they weren't, to help each other)

Therefore, D

The correct answer is D) They wanted to make sure Kai's answers matched his father's.

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