: Read each passage and look for clues that reveal the setting. Then explain your answer. Remember
the setting is the time and place that a story happens.
Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from
their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand
apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he
had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.