At the beginning of Chapter 24, Lee writes, "Immediately thereafter the ladies adjourned for refreshments." This is funny or ironic because it is immediately after . Scout threw up on the living room carpet

the ladies have all told about their weight-loss programs and diets

the black community doesn't have enough food to eat

they heard of disgusting health and living conditions for the "Mrunas"

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house