D) It establishes the protagoni
3. Which statement best explains the irony in paragraphs 2 and 3?
A) The narrator discovers the soldier in a location that he has already explored many times before.
B) The narrator fails to recognize the significance of the letters stamped into the base of the soldier.
C) The narrator hates that the soldier was buried for so long, but then he keeps it hidden in his own
pocket.
D) The narrator digs up the soldier completely covered in mud, which enhances his estimation of its
value.
4. How does the author use the narrator's perspective to create irony?
A) By revealing the protagonist's deep emotional attachment to the tin soldier, despite its inanimate
nature.
B) By contrasting the protagonist's imaginative fantasies about the tin soldier with the soldier's static and
silent presence.
C) By presenting the protagonist's childhood memories with a nostalgic tone, while also acknowledging
the passage of time and impermanence.
D) By juxtaposing the protagonist's belief in the tin soldier's heroism with the soldier's insignificance in
the grand scheme of things.
3 Grade 9
from The Wild Prince