Read the excerpt from the fellowship of the ring.

one morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of bilbo’s front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. a special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road, and wide steps and a large white gate were built there. the three hobbit-families of bagshot row, adjoining the field, were intensely interested and generally envied. old gaffer gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden.

what do readers learn about the setting in this excerpt?

a. hobbits enjoy having birthday parties.
b. bilbo has money to spend on a big gathering.
c. the hobbits live together near a great field.
d. gaffer gamgee is lazy in his garden work.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.