Oh no, there are no answer choices. Next time make sure that you put the answer choices. Here is what i can help you with. The word Habitual means that something is <span>done or doing constantly or as a habit. In other words something that is done regularly. </span>
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There is no passage to link the answer to, but definitions of asnwers can help
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Here are definitions of the answers, which can help with the answer:
A) Humorous means funny or amusing.
B) Conversational is something related to conversation, which can be chatty, friendly, colloquial.
C) Irony is the expression of someone's meaning by using language that represents the opposite, typically for humorous effect.
D) Satire is the use of humour, irony, or exaggeration, criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of important and general issues.
E) Condensending means having or showing a patronizing attitude towards someone.
The worn out tools, means worn out hands that have built much stuff.
The reader can infer answer A). "Della was so excited to have the combs she had wanted that she momentarily forgets she had cut her hair."
You can find the reasons for that answer in words such as: <em>scream of joy, feminine change to hysterical tears and wails. </em>First, she was happy but then she remembers she won´t be able to use the combs.