Answer:
The correct answer is B)
Explanation:
In the 7th paragraph, the writer makes the statement "There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open."
Fussing here is ironic because in the second sentence of that paragraph, they were going to make up lists of people family heads, and family members, who were supposed to partake in the lottery.
Going by the rules of a lottery, names ought not to be made up. But to be collated as -s from the list of those who ought to partake in it. Going the normal route would have been the actually fussing. But they decided to take a shortcut.
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Answer: The boys first laughed at the mistakes he made, but they gradually started to like him. He started to enjoy their company, and was not upset by making mistakes.
Explanation:
In the poem<em> "How I Learned English",</em> the speaker describes how the boys from the new community initially laughed at his English. Eventually, he started to laugh, too. The boys found his speech and the way he pronounced certain words entertaining. Over the course of time, he started to feel comfortable in their company. He was not upset by his mistakes - instead, he laughed with his new friends.
