Instead of using "set off" used skyrocketed, or rocketed or left an impact or created a ripple effect, something around those lines.
Also, if you want to say the question from the novel use a single quotation, ', instead of a double. It makes more sense that way.
Scout believes the world is ending because it was snowing outside. She had never seen snow before.
Answer:
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