Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. at halftime, as homecoming floats circled the field, allison gibbons, a member of the student council, entered the press box, stood before the microphone, and asked for everyone's attention. the crowd grew silent as she began to read the letter. "i was watching the crowd while allison read it," andy said. "when she finished, there was silence, and then almost everyone stood up and cheered. all the students stood up. and the football players were all clapping. it was a wonderful feeling to know that we had people behind us." why does the crowd grow silent after the speech?

The crowd is silent after the speech because it is thinking about what Allison said. Her speech was powerful and must have had an impact. It seems they all agreed with what she said because after the silence everyone stood and cheered. Andy believes that meant that they "had people behind [them]." The title of the source text also tells us that Allison Gibbons did something that made a difference.

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself.

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