Read paragraph one of "The Loner."
Excerpt from "The Loner"
1) Beyond him the road climbed another hill and upon the crest spruce trees bent in the wind and shadows spread like dark water seeping from the mountainside. The ruffled edges of the clouds had turned gold and for a moment it seemed that the whole world had become golden, the dried slopes about him reflecting the coming sunset. He was used to being out of doors at all hours but he had never seen anything like this and he stood, swaying wearily, caught by its splendor. In the distance, off to his right, a herd of deer driven from the higher ridges by the first signs of winter, moved slowly across the bronze grass. Except for birds, they were the first signs of life he had seen in days of struggling through this country, and suddenly the enormity of the space around him and the loneliness of its silence became more than he could stand and he found himself running toward the animals, leaving the road and scrambling over sun-scorched pastureland in a fury of haste.
From the selection below, choose the options that are from this excerpt that tell the setting by describing the time of day. Select all that apply.
shadows spread like dark water
clouds had turned gold
the sun went behind the trees
edges of the clouds had turned gold
trees became black outlines against the blue sky
whole world had become golden
