Question

Summarizing Literary Text Quick Check
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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?”

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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What is the setting of this passage?

(1 point)
Responses

a meadow
a meadow

a village church
a village church

a village grocery store
a village grocery store

a battlefield
a battlefield

Answer 1

The setting of the passage is primarily focused around **a village grocery store**. The descriptions provide context about the nearby scenery (the meadow, hickory trees, and village church), but the action and dialogue take place inside the grocery store. Therefore, the correct response is:

**a village grocery store**.