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The Lottery and Other Stories
Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?
a
“‘Daughters draw with their husbands' families, Tessie,’ Mr. Summers said gently. ‘You know that as well as anyone else.’”
b
“‘Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery,’ Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd.”
c
“‘Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns.’”
d
“The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born.”