Question

Which details of the setting hint that the story takes place long ago? Check all that apply. together they climbed up to the center of the island where the trees were thick and high she showed him the graves shingled one- and two-room houses clamped themselves to the rocks like oysters in front of almost all of them was a dory or two, some overturned high dune grass hid the paths up to the houses the chopping block one man was using to split his cordwood

Answer 1

In the given excerpt, there are a number of indications which tell us that the story takes place a long time ago. One of the major indicators is the fact that “one or two shingles” are mentioned to be present.

Shingles were beach dwellings a long time back. Also the fact that a character is seen using a chopping block to “split cordwood”, also demonstrates a practice from the old times