For this question, refer to the excerpt from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

What is the origin of the nickname "Pip"?

A. The nickname was given to the narrator by his sister and her husband, the blacksmith.

B. The nickname originated when someone heard him crying like a "pipsqueak" in the cemetery.

C. "Pip" was a name given to all orphaned children in the narrator's time.

D. "Pip" was how the narrator pronounced his first and last names as a young child.

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D. "Pip" was how the narrator pronounced his first and last names as a young child.