Read this excerpt from The First Men in the Moon
Ever and again from out of the earth beneath us came concussions, beatings, strange, inexplicable, mechanical sounds; and once, and then again, we thought we heard something, a faint rattle and tumult, borne to us through the air. But fearful as we were we dared essay no vantage-point to survey the crater.
What prediction can be made based on the author’s use of foreshadowing in the passage above?
A The reader can predict that the men will not be able to find the source of the noise.
B The reader can predict that the men will soon face fearsome creatures that live underground.
C The reader can predict that the men will try to find the noises in order to get help.
D The passage does not contain enough information to make a logical prediction.