Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. at halftime, as homecoming floats circled the field, allison gibbons, a member of the student council, entered the press box, stood before the microphone, and asked for everyone's attention. the crowd grew silent as she began to read the letter. "i was watching the crowd while allison read it," andy said. "when she finished, there was silence, and then almost everyone stood up and cheered. all the students stood up. and the football players were all clapping. it was a wonderful feeling to know that we had people behind us." why does the crowd grow silent after the speech? the crowd is angered because they feel attacked. the crowd is moved by the students’ compassion. the crowd is puzzled about the students’ letter. the crowd is saddened because they feel ashamed.

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. 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. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “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.”