Dorsey received a dining room set from his grandmother, who had stored the furniture in a storage facility for more than a year. When he sat in one of the chairs, however, the wicker seat buckled and split. Dorsey attributed the break to the damp and musty conditions in the storage locker, which had caused the seat to rot.

Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on Dorsey's conclusion

A. The table, which was not made of wicker, did not appear to sustain any substantive damage.

B. Dorsey broke through the seat of a brand-new identical chair that he bought to replace the broken one.

C. The storage company had never received any complaints about rotted furniture in the past.

D. Dorsey keeps a lot of his old furniture in his basement, which is also musty and damp.

E. The furniture manufacturer refused to honor the chair's warranty because it felt the chair had been treated poorly.

OA B

Source: Princeton Review