The background of the missionaries in these chapters is not explicitly explained. Instead, it can be inferred based on parallel plot. A parallel plot is a one more story line that seem to have nothing in common with the lead story line, but it is usually contains additional information or background of an event or a character which makes a story be more deep.
Answer: Time progresses chronologically with one flashback and a return to the original time.
Explanation:
In the first part, Zeitoun is thinking of the canoe (present time), this leads to a memory of the time the canoe was stolen from the Claiborne house, he and Kathy noticed it when he was released from prison (flashback), then he thinks on how all the stolen things were replaced except for the canoe and he misses it (return to the present), finally he keeps thinking about if he should get a new canoe and if his family would like it (still present).
Answer:
The garden shed is where we keep rabbits.
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