Read the excerpt from A Girl Named Zippy.
There was one main street, Broad Street, which was actually not so broad, and was the site of the town’s only four-way stop sign. There were three churches: the North Christian Church and the South Christian Church, which sat on opposite ends of Broad Street like sentinels, and the Mooreland Friends Church, which was kind of in the middle of town, but tucked back on Jefferson Street at the edge of a meadow. There were . . . no theaters, no department stores.
What is the purpose of this excerpt?
to show how many churches were in town
to detail where the stop sign was located
to show the activities the characters enjoyed
to provide details about the story’s setting