What questions should readers ask about the exposition of a story?

Can someone me look back at "the chrysanthemums" and write down at least two specific moments where the ranch or garden setting you understand something about elisa, and then at least two specific moments where the road setting does the same. write a few sentences to describe what's happening in each moment and how the interplay of character and setting us understand this person.

In twelve years a slave, northup realizes he cannot trust anyone after his kidnapping except hamilton and brown god the physician the women who gave him drink

What functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence the professor herself wanted to attend the conference, but it was cancelled when she and several other presenters had to excuse themselves