Read these excerpts from "The Lottery" and answer the question. From paragraph 1:

. . . the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow villagers to get home for noon dinner.

From paragraph 10:

"Well, now." Mr. Summers said soberly, "guess we better get started, get this over with, so we can go back to work."

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Read the following excerpt from fast food nations which of the following choices best presents a counterclaim to the argument presented in this excerpt

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a. elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b. madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c. elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d. elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

Affixes can provide an element of difference between similar words. choose the correct word in the set below. you may use a dictionary for . the concept of grace is in christ's resurrection. implicit explicit