Answer: C) Setting.
Step-by-step explanation: The setting of a story is the place or time where the story takes place, it can include the description of a physical place, but also the context (historical, political, cultural, etc), it also can include description of the emotional atmosphere. In the given passage from “Crossing Spider Creek” by Dan O’Brien we can see a clear example of a presentation of the setting of a story, it expresses the time (" It is nineteen eight-seven, autumn") and also it says it is "a nice day."