Final answer:
The provided texts are not associated with Richard Wright's story 'The Man Who Was Almost a Man,' so a reaction to Dave's confession about Jenny cannot be determined from the
Step-by-step explanation:
The story "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright does not actually include a scene where a crowd reacts to Dave's confession about accidentally shooting Jenny, as the provided excerpts do not pertain to the story in question.
However, in Wright's narrative, if a scene existed where Dave confessed to accidentally shooting Jenny, the crowd's reaction could be speculated based on the context of the novel.
The crowd would likely react with disbelief, disappointment, or anger given the racial and socio-economic undertones of the era and Dave's striving for respect and maturity through gun ownership. The text provided does not offer sufficient information to accurately describe a crowd's reaction to such a confession as it refers to different literary works and contexts.