Discussion
'Things were lying at sixes and sevens ...' means .....
Answer: B
'At sixes and sevens' means in a disorderly state.
The idiom describes confusion and disorder. The context supports it: Tarawati looks around the room and, 'in order to bring some semblance of order', forces herself to get up. Order is needed only because things are untidy.
'In proper order' is the opposite. 'Old and worn-out' and 'dirty and unwashed' describe the condition of objects, which the idiom does not do, and the passage mentions only her dust-laden feet.
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