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Which quote from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains sarcasm?

“But we don't want to be the laughing stock of this whole town, I reckon, and never hear the last of this thing as long as we live.”
“Walk fast now till you get away from the houses, and then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!"
“They can turn it into a picnic if they want to—they brought plenty provisions.”
“But, Huck, dese kings o' ourn is reglar rapscallions; dat's jist what dey is.”

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Which quote from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains sarcasm?
“But we don't want to be the laughing stock of this whole town, I reckon, and never hear the last of this thing as long as we live.”
“Walk fast now till you get away from the houses, and then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!"
“They can turn it into a picnic if they want to—they brought plenty provisions.”
“But, Huck, dese kings o' ourn is reglar rapscallions; dat's jist what dey is.”

The correct answer is:
"They can turn it into a picnic if they want to—they brought plenty provisions."
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The correct answer here is the third option.

Sarcasm is when you say ridicule something or say something mockingly rudely and harshly. The third sentence is told by the duke on the raft after the duke and the king, with Huck and Jim in tow, escaped after tricking some townspeople who were going to throw vegetables at them. But they knew they were going to do that so they escaped and took all the money and did not even perform the third show. That's why this is sarcasm as he is mocking the townspeople saying they can use the vegetables and fruits to hit them fit and make a picnic.

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