Question

read the passage.

secret in slovakia

after 17 hours of travel, we had finally made it. it was 10 oclock at night and we were in slovakia, standing in front of great - aunt gertrudes house, which stood at the end of a long, narrow street and looked to be made of ancient stone. the wind came whistling through the trees that surrounded the house in a way that reminded me of an eerie fairy tale that my grandmother told me when i was a child. in the dark, with its front windows and double - arched doors, the house looked as if it were about to eat us. two days later, when we left, i would look at the house in the daylight and think it was very charming. right then, i wanted nothing more than to find the inside much less frightening than the outside.

what is the effect of the narrators description of great - aunt gertrudes house when the narrator first arrives at the home?

• it foreshadows for readers that the house is the scene of a tragic mystery the family cannot solve.
• it leads readers to think that the narrator is exaggerating based on an eerie fairy tale her grandmother told her.
• it causes readers to doubt the narrators perception since it is dark and late at night when the family arrives.
• it increases the suspense for readers about what the family will find inside the aunts home.

Explanation:

Answer:

It increases the suspense for readers about what the family will find inside the aunt's home.