Hurry
read this excerpt from a play.

(the stage lights illuminate a classroom. tidy rows of desks face a wood stove, a chalkboard, and a teacher’s desk. piles of books and papers adorn the teacher’s desk. a young girl and teacher are speaking quietly.)

teacher: the primary children are studying poetry this afternoon, and i need your assistance. (she gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her student.) choose a few poems and have the children read along with you.

margo: (she reaches for a book) yes, ma’am. i always enjoy reading to the young ones.

(margo retreats to a chair by the window and begins flipping through a book. two boys sit nearby, giggling about a picture that one of them has drawn.)

which setting detail reveals the time period?

a “tidy rows of desks face a wood stove, a chalkboard, and a teacher’s desk.”

b “she gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her student.”

c “margo retreats to a chair by the window and begins flipping through a book.”

d “two boys sit nearby, giggling about a picture that one of them has drawn.”