Not sure but I think this is the answer:
<span>C.
During initiation week, Millicent loses touch with her friend Tracy and becomes more insecure as the initiation rites get tougher.</span>
<span>B... Because you don't want to put all the background information in the first paragraph. That would ruin the rest of the story .</span>
This quote expresses how uncomfortable the author is ("TOO" close) and emphasises that by saying it's buzz is the 'only' noise in "the author's world".
Other quotes:
"Stories don't end," he says. "They just turn into new beginners." -page 123
"What's scarier than death? Not living." -unknown page
Answer:
Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI, or Mass Hysteria) is when a group of people start to think they have been harmed.
Explanation:
To elaborate and to give an example, if a group of people believe the government poisoned their water, they will start acting as though they have been poisoned. But this is all placebo, in their mind.
Mass Hysteria is mainly spread and started through rumors, and perpetuated by paranoia on the people's part. But physically they are fine, mentally they experience a lot of anxiety and stress.
