Which can be inferred about the town from the descriptions in the first two paragraphs of the
passage, on pages 1-2?
Henry Shute's novel Farming It is set at the turn of the
twentieth century and relates the experiences of a lawyer
who decides to try living and farming in the country. In this
excerpt from the chapter The Shower" the lawyer
describes what happens when a thundershower comes to
town
The town is experiencing an economic depression.
The town has received very little rain for quite some
time.
Excerpt from Farming It
by Henry A. Shute
A blaze of sunlight, a yellow gleam of dusty
road, a brown expanse of parched and dying
lawns, of drooping leaves, a dry filing of
crickets in the hayfields, and a bank of
purple-black clouds rising rapidly in the
west
The town is located in a desert where there is little
water
The town has so few inhabitants it is practically
abandoned
On the main business street the sun blazes
with an oven-like heat Under the shade of

some

time.

Excerpt from Farming It

by Henry A. Shute

A blaze of sunlight, a yellow gleam of dusty

road, a brown expanse of parched and dying

lawns, of drooping leaves, a dry filing of

crickets in the hayfields, and a bank of

purple-black clouds rising rapidly in the

west

Explanation:

some

time.

Excerpt from Farming It

by Henry A. Shute

A blaze of sunlight, a yellow gleam of dusty

road, a brown expanse of parched and dying

lawns, of drooping leaves, a dry filing of

crickets in the hayfields, and a bank of

purple-black clouds rising rapidly in the

west

the answer to this question is c.

the service industry in the united states grew in the late 1800s. what was one effect of that growth?

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers decreased.

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers increased.

the middle class grew as people took jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers.

the middle class shrank as people left jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers.