Which statement best describes how hurston’s use of setting supports the novel’s overall structure?
1. the settings merely serve as places for events to happen.
2.by using distinct settings for each part of janie’s life, hurston the reader learn from janie’s mistakes.
3.hurston selected settings that would keep the action grounded in the black community.
4. each setting plays a key role in janie’s spiritual development.

The answer is D., Each setting plays a key role in Janie's spiritual development. 

This is the excerpt in the reading that points to this answer; "From the threshold of the porch at Nanny’s home, Janie sets out on her long journey to self-fulfillment, beginning with her marriage to Logan. Each subsequent setting marks a step in her development as a woman, as well as a segment of her path toward the happiness and fulfillment she longs for."

This question is based from the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" which was written by the author Zora Neale Hurston and based on this novel, the statement that best describes the use of setting by Hurston which ables to support the structure of the novel is the third option. The author has chose settings that would show the action focused in the black community.