Well, if this is from the giver, the boy's father injects the smaller twin. That is why when the giver actually shows the boy what happened during the process, the boy is so distraught. He thought his father was a good person. After that he then realizes that his whole society is messed up and that they kill their own kind if the don't fit in with society.
The phrases creating a tone of foreboding are:
- "strange blight;"
- "evil spell;"
- "mysterious maladies;"
- "shadow of death."
<em>Foreboding</em> means predicting or announcing that something bad is about to happen. Taking the answers one by one, you can see how they relate to the same ominous idea:
- a "strange blight" and "evil maladies" refer to a destructive condition which no-body can explain;
- an "evil spell" means that it is interpreted as a magical curse;
- the "shadow of death" is a metaphor meaning that death is coming to the crops or cattle (depending on the original text excerpt).
Give page numbers in the book from witch these are found.
Answer: Since there is no article for this then I'm guessing B because it is more logical than the other options.
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