Question

Read the passage.

Answer 1

b. reading volumes of ghost stories while confined to the house

We know that the friends are confined to the house because it says that the "rain confined us for days to the house." It also says that "volumes of ghost stories....fell into our hands". These two details show that the friends have decided to write ghost stories because of their confinement and reading choices. We don't have any information of ghost encounters, a hail storm, or a power outage.

Answer 2

The answer is b. reading volumes of ghost stories while confined to the house.