Question

Which of the following quotations from the text describes the setting of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

O "The girls often held hands and no longer bothered to speak to the lower students."
O "Parents who could afford it had
ordered new shoes and ready-made clothes for themselves from Sears
and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward."
O "The high school seniors would wait in empty classrooms to make their dramatic entrance."
O "There was a large expanse to the left of the school, which was used alternatively as a baseball diamond
or a basketball court."

Answer 1

It seems that the given quotations are describing different aspects of the setting in Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".

The quotation "The girls often held hands and no longer bothered to speak to the lower students" does not describe the setting.

The quotation "Parents who could afford it had ordered new shoes and ready-made clothes for themselves from Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward" does not describe the setting.

The quotation "The high school seniors would wait in empty classrooms to make their dramatic entrance" does not describe the setting.

The quotation "There was a large expanse to the left of the school, which was used alternatively as a baseball diamond or a basketball court" describes the setting. It mentions the location of the school and the presence of a sports field.