Question

brave changes
1 the new fire engine was a true beauty. the firefighters and i stood in a silent semicircle as my father, the captain, climbed into the drivers seat. wed been waiting months for this. still, as i gazed at the gleaming model t, i couldnt help feeling a little nostalgic for the old days. the stations fire horses had been the fastest and strongest in boston. i was going to miss them. i was pretty sure the firefighters were already missing them. its not easy to watch the world change under your feet.
2 when my father cranked the engine, it was loud enough to break the spell. the guys grinned and clapped, and dad said, \time stops for no one. neither
based on the first paragraph, when does the story take place?
in the past
in the future
in the present

Explanation:

The text references the "gleaming Model T," an early automobile used in the early 1900s, and the replacement of fire horses with this new engine. This setting is clearly a historical, earlier time period, not the present or future.

Answer:

in the past