Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.
Cable messages from Europe to the United States
traveled through transatlantic cables that passed deep in
the English Channel. The British saw the cables as an
opportunity to gain access to secret diplomatic
messages sent from Berlin to its ambassador in
Washington, D.C. Knowing they couldn't tap the cables
the way they could tap phone lines, the British did the
next best thing. The cable ship Telconia cut all five of the
cables that carried communications through the channel.
To make sure that the sabotage had a lasting effect, the
Telconia rolled up a few of the cable ends on her drums
and carried them to England. This act of sabotage was
Great Britain's first offensive act of the war.
Which inference can a reader make based on the
information in the excerpt?
O The Germans often sent important messages
concerning their war efforts to their ambassador in
Washington, D.C.
O Although the British cut the underwater cables, the
Germans planned to lay new ones as quickly as
possible.
Without the underwater cables, the Germans had no
way of communicating with their ambassadors.
O The German ambassador in Washington, D.C. was
unaware that the cables had been cut by the British.