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Read the excerpt from "The Lottery."
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Which phrase from the excerpt best reveals how the social
environment shifts as the lottery begins?
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A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared
his throat and looked at the list. "All ready?" he called. "Now,
I'll read the names - heads of families first - and the men
come up and take a paper out of the box. Keep the paper
folded in your hand without looking at it until everyone has
had a turn. Everything clear?"
The people had done it so many times that they only half
listened to the directions: most of them were quiet, wetting
their lips, not looking around. Then Mr. Summers raised one
hand high and said, "Adams." A man disengaged himself
from the crowd and came forward. "Hi, Steve." Mr.
Summers said, and Mr. Adams said, "Hi, Joe." They grinned
at one another humorlessly and nervously. Then Mr. Adams
reached into the black box and took out a folded paper. He
held it firmly by one corner as he 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.
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 ..
Aman disengaged himself from the crowd and came
forward. "Hi, Steve." Mr. Summers said, and Mr. Adams
said, "Hi, Joe."
[Hje 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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