The answer is B. it's just a way to strengthen your argument by debunking the other side respectively.
The answer is a b/c it alliterates the b's in the sentance.
Hale denounces the proceedings because it is clear that the girls are not telling the truth in their testimony.
To denounce something is to explain why you disagree with it.
The correct answer is B. Since it's a small town, everyone knows everybody else.
Explanation:
In this specific story, the setting includes details such as "Country field" or "small town" because these details refer to the context and specific location of this story including the geographic and demographic features "The population barely reached 263 people". Moreover, this specific setting affects the story because it affects the characters. Indeed, this specific stetting implies in the town there are few people and they know and support each other. This is explicitly mentioned in "Everybody knew everybody". According to this, the correct answer is B.