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Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller."In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character."Wouldn’t they have saved her if she hadn’t been good?” demanded the bigger of the small girls. It was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask."Well, yes,” admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don’t think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much.”

A
Pride goes before a fall.
B
People should try to be good.
C
It is necessary to question authority.
D
Children should be seen and not heard.
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Which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? Select two options.

A
The aunt expects the boy to look out the window, but he does not.
B
The aunt expects the boy to look out the window, and he does.
C
The aunt expects the boy to accept her explanations, but he does not.
D
The aunt expects the boy to show interest in the sheep, and he does.
E
The aunt expects the boy to be interested in the cows, but he is not.
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Which examples of situational irony does Saki use to create satire? Select two options.

A
Bertha hopes that she will not be eaten by the wolf, but she is.
B
The wolf comes to the park to eat pigs, but eats Bertha instead.
C
The children do not think that they are going to like the story, but they do.
D
The aunt wants the bachelor to learn his lesson, but she learns hers instead.
E
Bertha thinks that it is good to win medals for goodness, but the medals get her killed.
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Which is the best definition of satire?

A
writing that employs irony to amuse or entertain the audience
B
writing that uses critique to draw attention to an issue by exaggeration or irony
C
writing that says the opposite of what is meant in order to express anger or contempt
D
writing that juxtaposes expectations with outcomes that surprise or disappoint

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