Question

the child moved reluctantly to the window. why are those sheep being driven out of that field? he asked. i expect they are being driven to another field where there is more grass, said the aunt weakly. but there is lots of grass in that field, protested the boy; theres nothing else but grass there. aunt, theres lots of grass in that field. perhaps the grass in the other field is better, suggested the aunt fatuously. why is it better? came the swift, inevitable question. oh, look at those cows! exclaimed the aunt. nearly every field along the line had contained cows or bullocks, but she spoke as though she were drawing attention to a rarity. why is the grass in the other field better? persisted cyril. the frown on the bachelors face was deepening to a scowl. he was a hard, unsympathetic man, the aunt decided in her mind. she was utterly unable to come to any satisfactory decision about the grass in the other field. the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite on the road to mandalay. she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? choose two correct answers. the aunt expects the boy to be interested in the cows, but he is not. the aunt expects the boy to accept her explanations, but he does not. the aunt expects the boy to look out the window, and he does. the aunt expects the boy to look out the window, but he does not.

Explanation:

Situational irony occurs when what is expected to happen does not. In the passage, the aunt expects the boy to be interested in the cows or accept her explanations, but he is not and does not. These are examples of situational irony as the outcomes differ from her expectations.

Answer:

The aunt expects the boy to be interested in the cows, but he is not.
The aunt expects the boy to accept her explanations, but he does not.