Post-UTME English Language 2009 Objective — Question 5

[Passage: Alan, a friend who likes country life, is fishing in a river; the fish slips off the hook, flies over his head and lands in a field where picnickers are gathered. When they ask what he's doing, he claims fish jump out of the river to look for flies, then secretly finds his fish in the grass and shows it to them, pretending to be hunting for another.] 'He laughs best who laughs last' (Proverb). It is true for this story because

• A. The picnickers were enjoying themselves
• B. he finally found his fish
• C. Alan played a good trick on the picnickersCorrect
• D. Fishing is a pastime