Question

Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”

When she was not listening to her father's stories or helping her mother with the housework, which, good housewife that Mrs. Barton was, she took great pains to teach her youngest daughter how to do well, Clara was as busy as possible in some other way. In that household there were no drones, and the little girl was not even allowed to waste time in playing with dolls, although she was given time to take care of her pets, of which she had an ever-increasing collection, including dogs, cats, geese, hens, turkeys, and even two heifers which she learned to milk.

The descriptive details in this excerpt suggest that the story takes place somewhere that has

a busy, rural setting.
a quiet, suburban setting.
a busy, urban setting.

Answer 1

a busy, rural setting.

Evidence: the household keeps farm animals (geese, hens, turkeys, heifers) and milks cows, which indicates rural/farm life, and the text describes everyone as busy.