Question

1. the hobo and the fairy

jim a. lenzen
he lay on his back on the sack. so heavy was his drowsy lids that the flaring of clouds and
streaks of fire, driven from the braziers, flitted across the backs of his closed
eyelids, and the roar of the blast-furnaces, and the rattle of rolling-mills, and the
thud of the drop-hammers, and the panting of the engines, and the coming of each wagon was
like the oncoming of waves of memory and commotion to the lazy quiet of his
slumber.
but the man was undisturbed. his head lolled forward from his balked
reveries, and, limp as a rag, without face was inwoven with the tumult
about him. his mouth was open, and from it there issued a thin, irregular
mouth was open, disclosing a gap in the upper lip where a front tooth
had, at some time, been knocked out, but, breathlessly, all the
grinding and hissing and the pain of his life, also, he was very
weary. and now, as he slept, a great peace stole over him. his
movements, and all forms, ceasing, he lied there able to take to the bars
only by the rhythmic and colossal panting of some internal document
that rose and fell with the roar of the furnaces. and now, as he slept,
thrown and figured and crowded upon the retina and cheeks, and eyelids
there went to play a dream, fitfully, to the roar of the forge fires.

1. which meaning associated with the word \tawny\ seems most

intended in sentence 2?
a ruby
b sunburnt
c tremendous
d large

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the context of "swell" in the text. In the story's context, "swell" here likely relates to a sense of being grand or showy (bombastic) rather than ruby (color), immense (extreme size), or large (size). So the meaning least related is "Ruby" as it's a color, not related to the context of "swell" here.

Answer:

A. Ruby