Read the excerpt from “the railroad earth.” there was a little alley in san francisco back of the southern pacific station at third and townsend in redbrick of drowsy lazy afternoons with everybody at work in offices in the air you feel the impending rush of their commuter frenzy as soon they'll be charging en masse from market and sansome buildings on foot and in buses the author includes these details to compare lazy afternoons with hectic work days. describe san francisco just before rush hour. clarify how employees commute to their offices. explain his job at the southern pacific station.

A reminiscence from the place of work

Explanation:

The passage is a reminiscence of the author who is looking at an alley that now is empty but that during rush hour is flooded with people. This is a description of San Francisco before rush hour; a calm just before the storm. During rush hour, people leave travel from work to home either by walking or by taking a bus, and their impatience and rush creates chaos. Seeing how the author is able to imagine this entire scene in his mind, we are led to believe that his job is directly involved with trains; probably a train driver or a brakeman.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”