Reading selections: "When You Are Old" and "The Match"
8 Which statement best compares the time frames of
both selections?
A "When You Are Old" takes place over the
course of an imaginary two days in the past,
"The Match" mainly takes place over the
course of a week in the past.
B "When You Are Old" takes place during an
imagined moment in the future, The Match"
mainly takes place during a remembered event
in the past.
C Both selections take place over the course of a
single year.
D Both selections take place in the present but
look to the future.

It was April and the young tree leaves were just coming out of buds.

The east was pink with the dawn and long streaks of light climbed into the sky where. few stars still shine.

Explanation:

Question is based inn book : Departure by Sherwood Anderson.

A fresh start is usually denoted through statements which are related to being new, with the old having been wiped out or cleared.

The statement which says 'the growth of young tree leaves, just emanating from their buds means a fresh, young and new seedlings are being produced, replacing the old. This theme points out to a new beginning.

Again, the line "east was pink with the dawn..." also depicts a new beginning in its meaning, the word dawn "refers to the a new morning, after the night. With the remains of the previous day or period having been buried in the night and we can look towards a new and fresh start.