The correct answer is B. Since it's a small town, everyone knows everybody else.
Explanation:
In this specific story, the setting includes details such as "Country field" or "small town" because these details refer to the context and specific location of this story including the geographic and demographic features "The population barely reached 263 people". Moreover, this specific setting affects the story because it affects the characters. Indeed, this specific stetting implies in the town there are few people and they know and support each other. This is explicitly mentioned in "Everybody knew everybody". According to this, the correct answer is B.
I feel it is a horrid thing and absolutely messed up. It should never ever have been used or addressed as something allowed to happen. Also it was very racist obviously. It shouldn't happen ever again.
I think it would be worse