Read the passage from Chapter 31 which begins “‘You can pet him, Mr. Arthur’” and ends “…except possibly algebra.”

The first paragraph indicates which fo the following?

I. the narrator’s understanding of Jem and Mr. Arthur

II. Mr. Arthur’s reticence

III. Jem’s latent coldness

A. I only

B. II only

C. III only

D. I and II only

E. I and III only