Both the title and epigraph of nectar in a sieve allude to "the passing" "it's this way" "work without hope" "there's a man in the habit of hitting me in the head with an umbrella"

When is the best time to evaluate options? a. during the first step of decision-making b. as you identify options c. after you've identified many options

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.

Read this passage from "the pedestrian" by ray bradbury: which sentence best describes the overall impact of the setting?