What is the major irony in the poem “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall?

The mother worries that her daughter will be injured if she joins the Freedom March, so she sends her to church, believing it will be safer. The irony is that the church is bombed, and the daughter is killed there instead. Choice A captures this contrast between the danger the mother fears and the danger that actually harms her daughter.

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