Question

Read the excerpt from "The Lottery."

The children assembled first, of course. School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of books and reprimands.

What information from the excerpt is ironic?

The children are still thinking about school now that is summer.
The children gathered quietly together.
The children arrived first for the lottery.
The feeling of freedom from school is an uneasy one.

Answer 1

The children arrived first for the lottery

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The children arrived first for the lottery

Step-by-step explanation:

The addition of the phrase "of course" at the end of the first sentence implies that this is information that the reader should already be familiar with. However, since we are mere readers who are not actually a part of this fictional world, this is not something that we should already be familiar with.