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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #44521 Short Hector Hugh Munro

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Hector Hugh Munro was born in Burma, the son of a police inspector-general. His mother died when he was two, and he was sent home to Scotland to live with relatives. His formal education ended with grammar school, but his father tutored him on extensive travels. In 1893, his father got him a post with the Burma police, but his delicate health forced his return to Britain. There he took up a career writing, and it was while doing political sketches for The Westminster Gazette that he adopted the pen-name of Saki. After serving for a time as a foreign correspondent for The Morning Post, he returned to London to devote himself to the writing of stories and novels. When World War I began, he enlisted as an ordinary soldier in the army and was unfortunately killed in action in 1916.

Hector Hugh Munro, also known as Saki: and

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Was born in Scotland Completed his formal education with a university degree Adopted the pen-name Saki while writing for The Westminster Gazette Survived World War I and continued writing

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Hector Hugh Munro, also known as Saki: and

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A.I. Explanation:

Option 1: "Was born in Scotland"

Option 2: "Completed his formal education with a university degree"

Option 3: "Adopted the pen-name Saki while writing for The Westminster Gazette"

Option 4: "Survived World War I and continued writing"