Details That Reveal Setting: Short Fiction Practice Test

In the following excerpt from a short story, a woman visits the apartment she shared with her ex to pick up the last of her belongings:

The key stuck the way it always had, and the lock finally turned with a soft complaint. Inside, the air was cooler than she remembered. On the counter, two mugs sat side by side, but one had a ring of dried tea at the bottom, as if it had been abandoned mid-sip, and the dish towel hung from the oven handle folded into a neat rectangle that wasn’t his habit. In the bedroom, the closet rod bowed slightly where her clothes used to pull it down, and the window was open just a crack, enough to let in street noise but not enough to change the air.

What do the bolded setting details most strongly suggest about the breakup?

In the following excerpt from a short story, a boy accompanies his mother to a food pantry for the first time:

The church basement was bright with fluorescent lights, but the corners stayed gray. A volunteer’s voice bounced off the cinderblock walls. Along one table, cans were lined up in identical rows, their labels turned outward like faces trying to look presentable, and next to them a handwritten sign read LIMIT 2, the marker pressed so hard the paper wrinkled. The boy stared at the folding chairs stacked against the wall, their legs tangled together, and at the smell of coffee that couldn’t quite cover the scent of damp concrete.

What do the bolded setting details most strongly suggest about the experience of receiving help in this space?