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QuizMultiple Choice

Preparing to Read a Fiction Text

Question 6 • Basic English III Sem. 1

Read the excerpt from "The Red-Headed League."We waited for a little over an hour, but it seemed much longer. We sat in the dark without moving. Suddenly my eyes saw a small light on the stone floor. Then the light grew bigger. And then, without any sound, a hole opened in the floor and a hand came through. A head came through next. A moment later, Vincent Spaulding and Duncan Ross were standing next to the hole.

Answer
A
theme
B
setting
C
plot
D
character

Explanation

The excerpt describes a sequence of events: the narrator waits in the dark, sees a light, and watches Spaulding and Ross emerge through a hole in the floor. A sequence of events that moves a story forward is its plot, so “plot” is the correct choice. The passage includes details about the dark room, but those details alone do not make setting its main focus.

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