The Veteran

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by Stephen Crane

Out of the low window could be seen three hickory trees placed irregularly in a meadow that was resplendent in spring-time green. Farther away, the old, dismal belfry of the village church loomed over the pines. A horse, meditating in the shade of one of the hickories, lazily swished his tail. The warm sunshine made an oblong of vivid yellow on the floor of the grocery.

“Could you see the whites of their eyes?” said the man, who was seated on a soap box.

“Nothing of the kind,” replied old Henry warmly. “Just a lot of flitting figures, and I let go at where they ‘peared to be the thickest. Bang!”

“Mr. Fleming,” said the grocer—his deferential voice expressed somehow the old man’s exact social weight—”Mr. Fleming, you never was frightened much in them battles, was you?”

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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Who are the characters in this passage?

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Responses

A veteran named Henry Fleming, his grandson Jim, a grocer, and a man on a soap box.
A veteran named Henry Fleming, his grandson Jim, a grocer, and a man on a soap box.

An old man on a soap box, a grocer, and a veteran named Henry Fleming.
An old man on a soap box, a grocer, and a veteran named Henry Fleming.

A veteran named Henry Fleming, his grandson Jim, and a grocer.
A veteran named Henry Fleming, his grandson Jim, and a grocer.

A grandson named Jim, a grocer, and an old man on a soap box.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

An old man on a soap box, a grocer, and a veteran named Henry Fleming.