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What are you talking about? When someone suffers sudden pain, i.e. stubbing there toe or something it's a natural reflex to hop around a bit.

Next time I injure myself I'll calmly stand up and...

You have no idea what your talking about, that doesn't even sound good. My argument isn't correct because the author didn't use the exact words and phrasing that you have whimsically chosen?

Why...

I am a native English speaker. And both 'writhing in pain' and 'gyrating wildly to dull the pain' are in the active voice.

You said the senteces do not have a logical relationship with the text....

(Edited. L.) The whole point is, only ONE of the sentences makes logical sense; the student has to choose which one it is. And that is the 5th. And the sentences are to with the text as they are...

+1. But the real question is where do you find these sentences? I can never imagine native speakers actually saying these sorts of things -- even the correct ones! I guess the idea is just to see how...