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Which phrase from the excerpt best reveals how the
social environment shifts as the lottery begins?
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ut of the box Keep
looking at it until
sear?"
S that they only half
m were quiet, wetting
. Summers raised
man disengaged
ward. "Hi, Steve " Mr.
"Hi, Joe" They
and nervously Then
A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers
cleared his throat and looked at the list. "All ready?" he
called
The people had done it so many times that they only
half listened to the directions
O Aman disengaged himself from the crowd and came
forward. "Hi, Steve " Mr. Summers said, and Mr. Adams
said, "Hi, Joe"
[H]e turned and went hastily back to his place in the
crowd, where he stood a little apart from his family, not
looking down at his hand.
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