The setting is an island called “Ship-Trap Island”. It impacts the story because it gives the perfect habitat for hunting game.
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To answer this question you will need to read all the text it is related to. During this reading, you will need to identify an act of kindness that Doctor DoLittle performs that causes so many animals to exist in his house. This act of kindness can be rescuing injured animals, feeding hungry animals, not rejecting animals that look for him, not sending these animals away, among others. The important thing is that you find an act of kindness that results in the amount of animals that Doctor DoLittle has in his home.
It means they are doing road work on one side of the road. The arrow is to show you which direction. The mistake is that they are driving on the construction side.