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adapted from The Underdogs
by Mariano Azuela
Some men on horseback rode up, shouting and sweating; two of them dismounted, while the other hung back to watch the horses.
"We want food! Give us eggs, milk, beans, anything you've got! We're starving!"
The speaker wore chevrons on his arm, his companion red stripes on his shoulders.
"Whose place is this, old woman? Of course it's not empty. How about the light and that child there? Look here, confound it, we want to eat, and quick too. We're coming in."
"Tell me what they call this ranch, woman?" the sergeant asked.
"Limon," the woman replied curtly, carrying wood to the fire and fanning the coals.

Match each word or phrase from the passage with the statement that best explains how It reflects the setting of the text.

(A) This phrase reflects the setting's weather conditions.
(B) This phrase reflects the setting's lack of necessities.
(C) This phrase reflects the setting's landscape.

(1) " We're starving!"
(2) "Men on horseback rode up."
(3) "shouting and sweating"

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