350. In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his mother-in-law’s house, watching the haberdashery store he opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced a future with no visible prospects.

(A) opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced
(B) opened three years earlier go bankrupt and faced
(C) had opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he was facing
(D) had opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and facing
(E) was opening three years earlier going bankrupt, and facing

Solution:

Tenses
Parallelism: “he was living in X, watching Y, and facing Z”
Only D and E follow the above pattern. Hence, A, B, and C are not parallel.

E: Truman is watching the haberdashery that he must have opened in past. Therefore, “was opening” is incorrect tense.
D: “had opened” is the right tense” Best choice.

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