I believe that the answer is "The candidates speech interested the crowd." <3
I believe its because the people didn't like it.
Answer:
C. As a stickler about statistics, I was disturbed by Mr. Schlosser's
cavalier manipulation of data, which produced some startling -
and, frankly, unbelievable
"facts."
I would say the answer is B.
In a story, the setting is the time, place, and geographical location of where it is taking place.