On the battle field ..........
14th century poets relied on <em>allteration </em>to make their verses easy to memorize.
Answer:
Steinbeck´s story takes place in Salinas Valley, what is nowadays one of the most fertile lands in all of California. Salinas Valley is located just south of San Francisco. More in particular, the story mostly takes place in the ranch of Elisa´s husband, Henry, where they grow flowers and where we are introduced to the chrysanthemums that will be so symbolically important for the story.
The correct option might be she accepts the men's friendly affections for her because she would've gotten angry with all this touching, etc, but she didn't get angry. Somehow I believe she "enjoyed" it...