Question

I turned toward the ticket windows knowing that here — on the third level at Grand Central — I could buy tickets that would take Louisa and me anywhere in the United States we wanted to go. In the year 1894. And I wanted two tickets to Galesburg, Illinois. Have you ever been there? It's a wonderful town still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer evenings were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking quietly, the women waving palm-leaf fans, with the fireflies all around, In a peaceful world. To be back there with the First World War still twenty years off, and World War II over forty years In the future ... I wanted two tickets for that.

In the sentence: 'And In 1894, summer evenings ...... ' the author uses the term 'fireflies'. What does it mean?

Options

• Flying the fire.

• A bug with fire.

• An insect whose tail produces light.

• A tail producing fire.

Answer 1

An insect whose tail produces light.

Explanation:

Firefly is a type of bug that is active at night and has a glowing tail.