The correct answer is "A".
It is previously known by the reader that all the villagers in town are gathering together for the traditional lottery which is celebrated every June 27. However, due to the small population in the town (only 300 people), there is an expectation for Tessie's arrival at the event, due to the fact that every resident is expected to participate. This is known when the person responsible for leading the event asks if there is anyone missing and she gets the immediate response that an individual named Dunbar is not there.
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There are images of soldiers blown up a tree with their lower half missing. Or soldiers who are decapitated by artillery fire as they rush the enemy trenches. They keep running for a few seconds without a head, blood spurting from their open neck wounds, before they fall over, dead.
I believe it is prose D because the definition for probe is -written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
1. anxious confusion
2. that shared in the general awe and terror
When looking at the options with the context clues, we can eliminate any definitions that have a positive connotation. None of the context clues indicate that consternation would be something that is good. While the first option shows a negative connotation for consternation it is not specific enough to pinpoint a meaning for the word. The context clue "general awe and terror" indicates that there is confusion.
