Question

Read the sentence from “Initiation.”

It would be an hour before they came to get her, but then Rat Court would be all over and she would say what she had to say and go home.

The author includes the sentence in the exposition to

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

establish a sense of anticipation and time passing for the protagonist.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

establish the setting and provide crucial information about the main character's upcoming event and her mindset towards it.