The answer for this question would be: True
Because it is shown in the story the wife's hospitality in serving Zeus and Hermes the meals. The couple did not judge them by their appearance, but showed generosity even though they were poor.
Answer: claim and reasoning
Your answer would be B.
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The details that hint this story takes place a long time ago are:
"shingled one- and two-room houses clamped themselves to the rocks like oysters";
"the chopping block one man was using to split his cordwood".
This story takes place at a fishing village, so many of the elements mentioned in the excerpt are still commonly seen at similar places. What identifies the story as taking place long ago are the architectural style of houses and the man chopping wood.
Shingled houses first appeared in the early 1880's. They were a combination of Colonial American and British architectures.
As for the man chopping wood, it was a scene most ordinarily seen in the past. Although some people in some places might still do it - be it because they keep a fireplace or a wood-burning stove -, it is not as common nowadays.
