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Read 'Hearts and Hands', by William Sydney Porter
Which statement best describes the situational irony of the ending of the story?
A)- The reader doesn't expect to learn that Easton is the counterfeiter.
B). The reader expects Easton to ask to visit Miss Fairchild, and he doesn't
C)- Miss Fairchild expects Easton to ask her to join him out West, and he doesn't.
D). The reader doesn't expect other passengers to be listening to Miss Fairchild's conversation.
Answer: A)- The reader doesn't expect to learn that Easton is the counterfeiter.
Explanation:
When Miss Fairchild recognizes Mr. Easton as one of the two men handcuffed to each other on the train, she, and the reader, are led to believe that Mr. Easton is a United States marshall on his way to take the man he´s handcuffed to into prison. However, when Mr. Easton and his companion leave, two passengers talk about the conversation that had taken place with Miss Fairchild. Based on how Mr. Easton and his companion were handcuffed, they come to the conclusion that Mr. Easton was actually the prisoner and not the Marshall.
Ralph is more proper and prefers to be neat and clean. Jack is more savage and does not care about looking dirty or messy.
Since her uncle enjoyed her company, she didn't worry about what society might think.
Answer: Option 2.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The author in the passage talks about her attachment to her uncle whose name of James Adam because of the walk that she used to do with her father on almost every Sunday.
But this attachment of the author with her uncle might lead to some of the trouble some questions like she would be mistaken as her uncle's daughter and not her father's daughter. She also thought that this closeness and attachment would lead the society to identify her as an ugly duckling with her imposing parent but she did not care about what the society thought about all this.
Answer:
D. A cat is a smarter choice of pet than a dog, for most people.
I chose this answer because it sums up what the paragraph above is trying to say.
Hope I helped :)
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