Decide whether each quotation is an example of direct or indirect characterization. "How horrible it would be . . . If she were condemned to be the plain, shy Millicent of a few years back." "Betsy Johnson, the vivacious blonde secretary of the sorority" "Walking beside Louise on the way to the drugstore, Millicent felt a surge of pride." "Bev was suddenly there in the doorway. ‘Wipe that smile off your face,' she commanded."

What is the major irony in the poem “ballad of birmingham” by dudley randall? a. the mother is afraid her daughter will get hurt marching in a protest, but her daughter gets hurt going to church instead. b. the mother realizes that going to church may be as dangerous as going to a protest, so she doesn’t let her daughter leave. c. the mother is upset that her daughter deliberately defies her wishes to participate in the freedom march. d. the daughter could have missed church because the alarm clock wasn’t working that morning.