Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of the story. Read this excerpt from "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry.

There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs into a steady blow. The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment, uncertain almost to absurdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.
Which statement best describes how the pacing of this passage affects the story?

A) The pacing slows down the text with deliberate and descriptive language, which gives the story a mysterious atmosphere.
B) The pacing moves the story along quickly with descriptive language, which adds humor to the story.
C) The pacing allows for a lengthy description of the man and clear description of the setting, which creates an alarming tone in the story.
D) The pacing makes the setting come alive with vivid imagery and descriptive language, which makes the story surprising.

A) The pacing slows down the text with deliberate and descriptive language, which gives the story a mysterious atmosphere.

a conclusion based on evidence is an example of a. inference

given the fact that the question is about the detail that best support the idea that oppressive leaders use   propaganda to achieve thir goals,   the first option does not refer to any kind of propaganda, since it only tells about that the milk and the windfall apple should be reserved for the pigs. in the second option, that is, "snowball and napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on the neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the rebellion, and teach them the tune of "beasts of england". it can be identified that the oppressors make use of the propaganda, which is represented by the pigeons, and the information they have to tell other animals about what was happening in the farm in order to get their objectives. for that reason, the right answer is the second option, taking into account that the third option do not refer to propaganda since it only talks about that they did not want jones back. and, finally, the last option refers to the result of the given news, but it does not mean about the propaganda they used to achieve their goals.