The great Pullman was whirling onward with such dignity of motion that a glance from the window seemed simply to prove that the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. Vast flats of green grass, dull-hued spaces of mesquite and cactus, little groups of frame houses, woods of light and tender trees—all were sweeping into the horizon, sweeping over the horizon, a precipice

Where does the action described in the passage most likely occur?
in a train traveling west across Texas
on the edge of a cliff
in a little frame house in a mesquite patch
on the desert

Question

The great Pullman was whirling onward with such dignity of motion that a glance from the window seemed simply to prove that the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. Vast flats of green grass, dull-hued spaces of mesquite and cactus, little groups of frame houses, woods of light and tender trees—all were sweeping into the horizon, sweeping over the horizon, a precipice



Where does the action described in the passage most likely occur?
in a train traveling west across Texas
on the edge of a cliff
in a little frame house in a mesquite patch
on the desert

anonymous · Answer

The first one, since the Pullman was a train