The correct answer for the given question above would be option B. The sentence that is punctuated correctly is "She kept my surprise a secret, but she had a hard time doing it". The use of a comma is correctly used in this sentence, which is before the conjunction "but" which introduced a new clause.
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The answer is B. "Now that I had a great idea, it was time to get the supplies and get busy."
Answer:
The important information the setting in this excerpt communicates about the story is:
C. The setting reveals that the village population is small and maintains a country lifestyle.
Explanation:
<u>As is revealed in this excerpt, the population of this village is of less than 300 people. It is clearly a small village that still maintains a country lifestyle. It mentions a post office, a grocery store, a barn... - it all sounds provincial. </u>The excerpt shows that the box is only under special care the night before the event. For the rest of the year, it is left pretty much anywhere. The excerpt shows the old way of selecting names is now impractical, since chips of wood wouldn't fit in the box anymore. The excerpt does not gives enough information to conclude that people rarely shop for groceries. Therefore, we can safely choose letter C as our answer: <u>The setting reveals that the village population is small and maintains a country lifestyle.</u>