A multiple question puzzling for me.Desperste for help

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The question goes as follows.
[FONT=&#23435]-[/FONT]You didn’t get hurt at all in the traffic accident?
[FONT=&#23435]-[/FONT]_______. I was a lucky dog.
A. No problem B. I don’t think so
C. I’m afraid not D. Good heavens no
My initial preference is D,but afer consulting a dictionary ,I found that D seems to be used only when something terrible has just happend.So, I'm at a loss at this question now.Any help would be appreciated.Thank you all .
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Where does this question come from? None of the answers sounds natural; neither does 'I was a lucky dog'.

The natural answer is 'No. I was lucky'.

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A better title would have been You didn't get hurt at all?

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The question goes as follows.
You didn’t get hurt at all in the traffic accident?
_______. I was a lucky dog.
A. No problem B. I don’t think so
C. I’m afraid not D. Good heavens no
My initial preference is D,but [STRIKE]afer [/STRIKE] after consulting a dictionary,I found that D seems to be used only when something terrible has just [STRIKE]happend[/STRIKE] happened. So, I'm at a loss at this question now.Any help would be appreciated.Thank you all .
:) Wouldn't an accident qualify as something terrible?
I am not familiar with the way you defined "Good heavens, no". It is usually used in a somewhat lighter manner - "Do you like the new worker?" "Good heavens, no. She is much too thin for me". Given that, either B or D would work here. B could be used if you were unaware of a possible injury (lawyers are quite good at finding these injuries). D would make sense, but it would be an uncommon usage of the term. A could also be an answer, especially from a younger person.
 
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