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Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the brief street scene with a hat and two young people. S1 = "A black-haired, young woman came tripping along." P = "She was leading a young woman wearing a hat." Q = "The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air." R = "The child jumped up to catch the hat." S = "The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back." S6 = "Both disappeared from view." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.

Difficulty: Medium

RPSQ
PSQR
QRPS
SQRP

Correct Answer: PSQR

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