Question

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. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. \come over here and listen to a story,\ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunts end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. \wouldnt they have saved her if she hadnt been good?\ demanded the bigger of the small girls. it was exactly the question that the bachelor had wanted to ask. \well, yes,\ admitted the aunt lamely, \but i dont think they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had not liked her so much.\ which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? choose two correct answers. \the children moved listlessly towards the aunts end of the carriage.\ \come over here and listen to a story,\ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.\ \whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.\

Explanation:

Situational irony occurs when there is a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. In the first option, the children are uninterested in the aunt's story (expected them to be engaged as she is telling a story), but move listlessly towards her end of the carriage. In the second option, the aunt invites the bachelor to listen to her story (expecting he might be interested or she could tell a good story), but he is likely to lose his bet (implying her story - telling is not good, opposite of what one might expect from someone inviting to listen).

Answer:

"The children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage." and "“Whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.”"