Read the sentence from "The Lottery."The lottery was conducted – as were the square dances, the teen-age club, the Halloween program – by Mr. Summers, who had time and energy to devote to civic activities.

The sentence groups the lottery with square dances, the teen-age club, and the Halloween program, and says Mr. Summers conducts all of them as civic activities. This supports the inference that the lottery is thought of as a civic activity. Although Mr. Summers has time for community events, the sentence does not say that preparing them takes considerable time.

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