The next man was coming up across the stage, a tall lean fellow with a great shock of white-yellow hair. As he reached the mark, and held out his hand for Harry's script, he looked at the people in the seats in front of him, and his face fell open.
"Well, well," he said, his wide blue gaze aimed behind Bellamy. He had a marked Rebel accent. "It's the girls from the Brooklyn Hotel."
Bellamy, surprised, twisted to look behind him. Lily was leaning forward, staring at the white-haired man. Charlie clutched at her arm in his ritual fit of jealousy, and Eva cried, "Oh, I remember you!"
According to the passage, the face of the man with white-yellow hair "fell open" during his audition because he was:
Correct
Incorrect
The correct answer is (B).
Getting to the Answer: When given a line reference, read a few lines before and after it to find context for the question. Reviewing the passage shows that the blonde man's "face fell open" because he "looked at the people in the seats" and then he remarks that he recognizes them from the Brooklyn Hotel. The correct answer will connect these two events.
(A) Incorrect: The second sentence says that the blonde man "held out his hand for Harry's script" to read from, so he has not seen the lines yet
(B) Correct: the blonde man's "face fell open" because he recognized the women in the audience
(C) Incorrect: the event mentioned in the question happens before Bellamy offers the blonde man the part
(D) Incorrect: there is no suggestion that the blonde man started to ready the script before his "face fell open"