Read the excerpt from "Good Country People."
Mrs. Hopewell, who had divorced her husband long ago, needed someone to walk over the fields with her; and when Joy had to be impressed for these services, her remarks were usually so ugly and her face so glum that Mrs. Hopewell would say, "If you can't come pleasantly, I don't want you at all," to which the girl, standing square and rigid-shouldered with her neck thrust slightly forward, would reply, "If you want me, here I am—LIKE I AM."
Based on Mrs. Hopewell's attitude toward the fields, it is reasonable to infer that the story takes place .
a. on a farm with many field hands and employees.
b. on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland.
c. in a small town where everyone is friendly toward one another.
d. in a deserted town in which mysterious events occur.

b. on a wide, isolated expanse of farmland.

Explanation:

In "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor, divorced Mrs Hopewell lives on a farm wih her daughter Joy, who has lost her leg does not have a delightful and happy personality. As a result, Mrs Hopewell preferred to walk over the large fields on her own than to hear her daughter's negative comments on the way.

d

explanation:

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.