As for the fire going out in chapter 2 the boys build a fire that is too big and it grew out of control threatening to destroy a good part of the island in their frenzy they piled too much wood onto the fire which eventually collapse upon its self.
The correct answer is A) the setting of a small town during the Great Depression affects the characters and plot of "Gumption" in a way that the characters face difficult problems with few resources.
