After reading "the high school step team," the reader can conclude all of the following except a. karla's grade in math will improve. b. karla will decide to join the step team. c. karla will be too embarassed to perform d. karla's teacher will support her participation in the step team.

Which best compares the role of irony in "a journey" and "young goodman brown"? a) while the wife hopes to escape and cannot, brown hopes to sin but is saved. b) both characters try to cling to reality but are lost in the their dreamsc) neither character recognizes the irony in his or her situations before it is too late. d) both characters embark on journeys that take them away from what they are seeking.