To Be Found a Holder in Due Course, a Transferee

To be found a holder in due course, a transferee must:

A) be in possession of an instrument in the form of either a draft or a check (but not a note) made out "to bearer "
B) have agreed in writing not to be bound as a contractual assignee
C) simply be in possession of a negotiable instrument
D) provided a signed unconditional writing, promising (or ordering to pay) , at a specified time in the future and made out "to order" or "to bearer "
E) none of the other choices