Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Clerks in the express office took charge of him; he was carted about in another wagon; a truck carried him, with an assortment of boxes and parcels,

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Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London.

Clerks in the express office took charge of him; he was carted about in another wagon; a truck carried him, with an assortment of boxes and parcels, upon a ferry steamer; he was trucked off the steamer into a great railway depot, and finally he was deposited in an express car.

For two days and nights this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives.

What does this excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?

It is in a modern factory.
It is in a remote location.
It is a tourist destination.
It is in a highly populated city.