Question

Read the following brief passage from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.

I had been sent up by my employers on a job connected with the big power-house at Corbury Junction, and a long-drawn carpenters' strike had so delayed the work that I found myself anchored at Starkfield—the nearest habitable spot—for the best part of the winter. I chafed at first, and then, under the hypnotising effect of routine, gradually began to find a grim satisfaction in the life.

Based on the narrative voice, who is most likely to be the narrator of these lines?

(1 point)
Responses

a child remembering a happy winter spent in Starkfield
a child remembering a happy winter spent in Starkfield

an engineer who once visited Starkfield on a work project
an engineer who once visited Starkfield on a work project

a native of Starkfield who grew bored of his town and moved away
a native of Starkfield who grew bored of his town and moved away

a travel writer trying to get other people to visit Starkfield in winter
a travel writer trying to get other people to visit Starkfield in winter
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Answer 1

an engineer who once visited Starkfield on a work project

Reason: The narrator mentions being "sent up by my employers" on a job related to the power-house and delayed by a carpenters' strike, indicating he is a worker/engineer stationed there temporarily, not a child, native, or travel writer.