Question

Which line best helps readers identify a countryside setting?

When the old man, helped by Bilbo and some dwarves, had finished unloading, Bilbo gave a few pennies away;

The young hobbits stared at the door in vain for a while, and then made off, feeling that the day of the party would never come.

Inside Bag End, Bilbo and Gandalf were sitting at the open window of a small room looking out west on to the garden.

“Yes,” said Bilbo. “I am very fond indeed of it, and of all the dear old Shire; but I think I need a holiday.”

Answer 1

The correct answer is "Inside Bag End, Bilbo and Gandalf were sitting at the open window of a small room looking out west on to the garden. "

Inside Bag End, Bilbo and Gandalf were sitting at the open window of a small room looking out west on to the garden. The late afternoon was bright and peaceful. The flowers glowed red and golden: snap-dragons and sun-flowers, and nasturtiums trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows. - It points out features of countryside.

‘How bright your garden looks!’ said Gandalf.

‘Yes,’ said Bilbo. ‘I am very fond indeed of it, and of all the dear old Shire; but I think I need a holiday.’

Answer 2

The answer is "Inside Bag End, Bilbo and Gandalf were sitting at the open window of a small room looking out west on to the garden."