Question

But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadows ... Then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me and then another.
A. Past tense
B. Future tense
C. Present tense
D. Perfect tense

Answer 1

I think it is past tense, because it says SAW

Answer 2

present tense due to the fact that it says toward me