Question

Read this excerpt from "Homesick Blues."

My experience in the city had left me even more eager to leave behind the solitude, heat, and monotony of rural Oklahoma. I couldn't wait to get back to the city, to spend my evenings strolling along busy streets, ducking into quaint little restaurants to dine on exotic foods, and soaking up the music and culture of the city.

How does the setting in the excerpt affect the narrator?

The city makes her dislike her rural home.
The city makes her appreciate her rural home.
The city makes her ignore her rural home.
The city makes her want to improve her rural home.

Answer 1

The city makes her dislike her rural home.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the excerpt from "Homesick Blues", the narrator talks about her experience in the city makes her want to leave the rural setting of Oklahoma and go back to the city to enjoy some benefits she's used to.

She says that she misses strolling around in the busy streets of the city and eating exotic foods in the restaurants, etc.

The setting in the excerpt affects the narrator because the city makes her dislike her rural home.