AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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In a story set on a long-distance bus, an anxious traveler named Owen clutches a backpack containing an urn with his sister's ashes. He is terrified of dropping it, of being judged, of doing the ritual wrong. A child in the next seat asks what's inside. Owen lies, saying it's "just clothes." Later, when the bus hits a pothole, the backpack slips. Owen catches it, breathless, and then unzips the bag and touches the urn's cool lid as if to reassure himself it is real. What is the primary function of the bolded event?
unzips the bag and touches the urn's cool lid as if to reassure himself it is real
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