Question

5. Which phrase from the story best indicates the historical period in which the events take place?

A) and in the open field back of the sawmill the Prussian soldiers were drilling
B) but, of course, that day everything had to be as quiet as Sunday morning
C) All at once the church-clock struck twelve
D) For forty years he had been there in the same place

Answer 1

D) For forty years he had been there in the same place is the best phrase to indicate the historical period in which the events take place because it gives a specific time frame of 40 years. This helps to narrow down the time period in which the events of the story could have taken place.