What effect does the setting have on the plot at the beginning of the story? a. the stormy night leads to the rising action. b. the torrents of rain cause the family to worry. c. the warm parlor and happy family make the events sad. d. the cold, dark night sets the scene for suspense.

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.