Question

Under the thatched roof porch that ran the length of the agency office, Jeremiah slouched in a canvas-backed chair with his boots propped against one of the support posts. The Sun was mercilessly bright as he gazed out on the adobe buildings that rimmed the vacant compound. The Sun's glare and the lack of a single shade tree or any attractive feature all added to his sense of being abandoned. There was not a soul in sight. All the Apaches that were his charges had received their two-week supply of beef and flour and had ridden their ponies off to their portable shelters, which they called wickiups, to feast.

Jeremiah surveyed his desolate surroundings. He had not seen an American or spoken English in two months. He didn't feel comfortable visiting the Apaches in their wickiups, and they certainly didn't think of him as a friend. He was the agency man, always had been and always would be. They never asked him to join them when they hunted deer and small game to supplement their meager government rations.

What is the setting for this passage?



a.
A famous hunting ground



b.
A government office



c.
23rd century America



d.
An ancient Apache city

Answer 1

Thoughts on this one?

A few key phrases that stand out to me
- under the thatched roof porch that ran the length of the agency office
- slouched in a canvas-backed chair

So he’s on the porch of an agency building, looking outside.