<span>D. The speaker cannot believe that something terrible has happened when everyone is so happy.</span>
Answer:
The term ramshackle seems to infer that the houses in the neighborhood are not in tip top shape , so the neighborhood consists of people who are not financially elevated. But Miss Lottie's home is the worst of them all. It's old and unkept. Which could suggest that Miss Lottie herself is old.
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The correct answer is A. The artist portrays Pandora as she looks upon the jar with absolute focus. We can see the ocean in the background, but she is oblivious to it. All she can see is the jar, and we feel the gut-wrenching curiosity that torments her. In the painting she does not open the jar, but from her face we can tell that she probably will.