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The Veteran by Stephen Crane Out of the low window could be seen three hickory trees placed irregularly in a meadow that was resplendent in spring-time green. Farther away, the old, dismal belfry of the village church loomed over the pines. A horse, meditating in the shade of one of the hickories, lazily swished his tail. The warm sunshine made an oblong of vivid yellow on the floor of the grocery. “Could you see the whites of their eyes?” said the man, who was seated on a soap box. “Nothing of the kind,” replied old Henry warmly. “Just a lot of flitting figures, and I let go at where they ‘peared to be the thickest. Bang!” “Mr. Fleming,” said the grocer—his deferential voice expressed somehow the old man’s exact social weight—”Mr. Fleming, you never was frightened much in them battles, was you?” 1 of 2 Question Use the passage to answer the question. What is the setting of this passage? (1 point) Responses a village church a village church a meadow a meadow a battlefield a battlefield a village grocery store

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The setting of this passage includes multiple elements: a village grocery store, a meadow with hickory trees, and an old village church. However, since the question asks for the setting and seems to present options that may be intended to highlight the main focus, the most appropriate response would be "a village grocery store," as much of the dialogue is taking place there.