Waiting Among the Adobe Walls
by Jon Caswell

     Under the thatched roof porch that ran the length of the agency office, Jeremiah slouched in a canvas-backed chair with his boots propped against one of the support posts. The Sun was mercilessly bright as he gazed out on the adobe buildings that rimmed the vacant compound. The Sun's glare and the lack of a single shade tree or any attractive feature all added to his sense of being abandoned. There was not a soul in sight. All the Apaches that were his charges had received their two-week supply of beef and flour and had ridden their ponies off to their portable shelters, which they called wickiups, to feast.
     Jeremiah surveyed his desolate surroundings. He had not seen an American or spoken English in two months. He didn't feel comfortable visiting the Apaches in their wickiups, and they certainly didn't think of him as a friend. He was the agency man, always had been and always would be. They never asked him to join them when they hunted deer and small game to supplement their meager government rations.


Directions: Select all the correct answers.
Which of the following describe the setting as it is portrayed in the story?

   A. primitive <-
   B. hospitable
   C. lush
   D. corrupt <-
   E. bleak <-
   F. harsh
   G. majestic

** More than 2 I think? I have no idea if I'm correct **