Which is the significance of the two men's names who create the slips for the lottery? The night before the lottery, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them into the box, and it was then taken to the safe of Mr. Summers' coal company and locked up until Mr. Summers was ready to take it to the square next morning. -"The Lottery," Shirley Jackson

A. The lottery leaders take turns with the box in a similar way to seasons turning.
B. The lottery box is dug out of a grave at the beginning of each summer.
C. The lottery kicks off the joy of summer, but the losers end up feeling sad.
D. The lottery happens every summer, and the winner of the lottery dies.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.