Answer:
Atticus' sarcasm towards the subject tells the reader that later on in life, he became the Grand Wizard to the Ku Klux Klan, lynching many african americans along the way.
Explanation:
Answer: B) "To think of your having such a tragedy in your life!"
Explanation: an irony is a statement or a situation that seems contradictory or different of what the reader or the characters expect. It is often used to criticize something or to introduce a humorous element in the text. In the given excerpt from "Editha" by William Dean Howell, the expression "to think of your having such a tragedy in your life" is an example of the use of an ironic tone, because the woman doesn't really think that war is a tragedy.
Answer: b. She used to wear pretty clothes and be lively-when she was Minnie Foster, one of the town girls, singing in the choir.
Explanation: In this sentence (and several other remarks) we learn something that is, plot-wise, very important about Mrs. Wright's past: she used to have a liveliness in her youth (before marrying) that is now gone and at some point in the last 20 years, she has stopped wearing pretty clothes.
