Which excerpt from “soldier's home” is the best example of irony? krebs went to the war from a methodist college in kansas. there is a picture which shows him among his fraternity brothers, all of them wearing exactly the same height and style collar. his lies were quite unimportant lies and consisted in attributing to himself things other men had seen, done or heard of, and stating as facts certain apocryphal incidents familiar to all soldiers. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. they all wore sweaters and shirt waists with round dutch collars. it was a pattern. there had been a great deal of hysteria. now the reaction had set in. people seemed to think it was rather ridiculous for krebs to be getting back so late, years after the war was over. (it's not the 3rd option)

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes