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1. Which quote from "The Morning of June 28, 1948," best illustrates the idea that people in a group can behave dangerously?
a. "All I know is that when I came to read the story over I felt strongly that I didn't want to fuss with it."
b. "By the next week I had had to change my mailbox to the largest one in the post office, and casual conversation with the postmaster was out of the question, because he wasn't speaking to me."
c. "It had simply never occurred to me that these millions and millions of people might be so far from being uplifted that they would sit down and write me letters I was downright scared to open."********************
d. "The New Yorker never published any comment of any kind about the story in the magazine, but did issue one publicity release saying that the story had received more mail than any piece of fiction they had ever published."
2. Why did Jackson most likely end "The Morning of June 28, 1948," with the following line?
"What they wanted to know was where these lotteries were held and whether they could go there and watch."
a. This withheld, shocking information is meant to reinforce the relevance of the story.*********
b. She wants to directly indicate how readers should respond to the meaning of her story.
c. Based on the reaction to her story, she must hide the true source of her fiction.
d. She believe all readers know the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
3. The poetic device used in the line below is an example of _______.
"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams"
a. internal rhyme*******************
b. irony
c. a simile
d. onomatopoeia
