Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring
Question 3 • RAIL NCAA OC English IV B 2027
Read the excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring.Then the weather clouded over. That was on Wednesday the eve of the Party. Anxiety was intense. Then Thursday, September the 22nd, actually dawned. The sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began.Bilbo Baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. Practically everybody living near was invited. A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter.
Answer
A
The weather is cloudy on the day of the party.
B
The community anxiously awaits the gathering.
C
Only a few neighbors are invited to the party.
D
Only Bilbo is concerned with the weather.
Explanation
The excerpt says, “Anxiety was intense” while the community waits for the party, showing that people are eagerly or nervously anticipating the gathering. The clouds disappear by Thursday, the day of the party, so A is incorrect. Practically everybody nearby is invited, so C is incorrect, and the passage does not say Bilbo is the only one concerned with the weather, so D is incorrect.
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