Read the excerpt from The Lottery

Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example selecting the smoothest and Toundest stones, Bobby and Harry Jores and Dickie Delacroix - the villagers pronounced this namo "Duliacroy -eventualy made a great pile of stones in one come of the square and child it against the raids of the other boys

What important information does this setting in this excerpt reveal?

The children are playing in an effort to forget the horror that is about to occur
The children are behaving just as any boys would in a similar situation,

The children have been raised to view the lottery as a normal part of Village

The children choose only the best stones for what is about to take place.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

c.to compare several aspects of the tragedy to other worldwide tragedies

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

answer; i believe the correct and best answer is (a crime motivated by prejudice); ///good luck