Read the following story.

keiko sat in a circle with four others, their eyes downcast, their posture slumped. no one said a word. outside the window storm clouds threatened to overtake the city skyline. when the phone finally rang, everyone’s heads snapped up in terror. no one wanted to answer.

which effect does the author achieve through the story’s setting?

a. the author establishes a mood of doom.

b. the author introduces the main character.

c. the author creates the story’s central conflict.

d. the author sets up the hook of the story.

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.

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