What is the narrator doing in the first paragraph of the end of the storytelling by ernest hemingway

The correct answer is: fishing in the lake of Hortons Bay.

Explanation:

At the begining of Hemingway's "The End of Something," the narrator, Nick Adams, has returned to Hortons Bay after ten years of absence. He and his girlfriend, Marjorie, are rowing and fishin in the shore of the lake while Nick ponders over how much the town has changed since he left.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

im not entirely sure what you're asking.