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Setting-Tom
Evaluating Time, Place, Physical, Social Setting
Question | Answer | Explanation |
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"The summer evenings were long." | Time | Clue: summer |
"It was not dark yet." | Physical | Clue: dark |
"A new-comer of any age or either sex was an impressive curiosity in the poor little village of St. Petersburg." | Place | Clue: St. Petersburg |
"In an instant both boys were rolling and tumbling in the dirt, gripped together like cats;..." | Social | Clue: boys |
"The balmy summer air, the restful quiet, the odour of the flowers, and the drowsing murmur of the bees had had their effect,..." | Physical | Clues: balmy summer air, restful quiet, odour of flowers, drowsing murmur |
"The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction." | Physical | Clue: tranquil world, (sun) beamed down, peaceful village, |
"Breakfast over..." | Time | Clue: breakfast |
"Sabbath-school hours were from nine to half past ten; and then church service." | Time | Clue: hours, 9 to half past 10 |
"He entered the church, now, with a swarm of clean and noisy boys and girls, proceeded to his seat and started a quarrel with the first boy that came handy." | Social | Clue: noisy boys and girls |
"A good part of the whispering had been occasioned by an event which was more or less rare - the entrance of visitors; Lawyer Thatcher, accompanied by a very feeble and aged man, a fine, portly, middle-aged gentleman with iron-grey hair, and ..." | Social | Clue: visitors, Lawyer Thatcher, aged man, middle-aged gentleman |
"Away off in the flaming sunshine Cardiff Hill lifted its soft green sides through a shimmering veil of heat ..." | Place | Clue: Cardiff Hill |
"...and go on the war-path in the mountain ranges and the trackless great plains of the Far West..." | Place | Clue: Far West |