7. which of the following quotes from "the morning of june 28, 1948" best describes the aversion that the public felt toward shirley jackson's short story "the lottery? "
a) “as a matter of fact, when i read it over later i decided that except for one two minor corrections, it needed no changes, and the story i finally typed up and sent off to my agent the next day was almost word for word the original draft.”
b) “i didn’t think it was perfect, but i didn’t want to fuss with it.”
c) “he asked for one change-that the date mentioned in the story be changed to coincide with the date of the issue of the magazine in which the story would appear, and i said of course.”
d) “i wanted to tell him i knew the author, but after i heard what he was saying i decided i’d better not”

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.