They chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the Chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the Farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “The Poet and the Peasant.”

Which words give the best evidence that “croquet” is a type of game?
A. “under the oaks”
B. “performing the overture”
C. “children playing”
D. “entertaining aspect”

The answer is C.

In texts, the meaning of words is usually suggested by other words in the same sentence, this occurs especially in the case of unfamiliar or unknown words. In the text presented, the narrator describes a setting and the actions occurring in it and in one of these details the narrator mentions the word "croquet", this word refers to a game that involves knocking balls using a mallet and in the text the meaning of this word is suggested mainly through the detail "children playing" as this shows the reader "crocket" is a game or ludic activity as only these type of activities can be played. Thus, the words that give the best evidence that "croquet" is a type of game is "children playing".