Which of these best explains the irony in Sherry's situation in this play? A. The mother fails to protect herself from the embarrassment on her birthday. B. Sherry's mother has not planned anything for her child's birthday party. C. Only the audience knows that Sherry's cheeks look like they are run over. D. Sherry does not know that her friends are about to see her in a messy state.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.a large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded. as soon as ogilvy saw me among the staring crowd on the edge of the pit he called to me to come down, and asked me if i would mind going over to see lord hilton, the lord of the manor. the growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys.which context clues effectively indicate the meaning of the word excavations as it is used in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)edge of the pitamong the staring crowdhad been uncoveredwas still embedded