Select the correct answer. Where is the punctuation error in this sentence?

Most people came to the meeting 1 then had been expected. They were standing 2 in the aisles 3 in the hall, 4 and on the front steps.

A. 1

B.2

C.3

D.4

What is the effect of the word choice in the phrase "every house and window and lamppost and big and little sign by heart" in paragraph 2 of the passage of "a cub pilot? "a. it makes the example easy to understandb. it creates a sense of absurdityc. it gives the paragraph a sarcastic toned. it downplays the narrator's intelligence