From the information the author provides about the setting, and the details she reveals about the murder Mrs. Stevenson overhears, what inferences can you make that suggest Mrs. Stevenson herself might be the intended victim? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Ed participated in a psychology experiment in which he turned pegs on a board for one hour. although the task was very boring, the experimenter said, "i will pay you $1 if you tell the next participant that this experiment is the most exciting experiment that you have ever been in." julie also participated in the same experiment; however, the experimenter offered to pay her $50 to lie to the next participant. according to cognitive dissonance theory, ed will later report that experiment was and julie will report that it was a. boring; exciting b. exciting; boring c. exciting; exciting d. boring; boring