Which of the following lines best reveals a concern with the social ills of the time? "the evening arrived; the boys took their places." "the master was a fat, healthy man; but he turned very pale." " the river on a strong spring-" “child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery.”

The correct answer is D.

The line "Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery" reveals a concern with the social ills of the time.

A starving child is definitely indicative of a social ill. Any society that has starving children who are desperate and miserable is a society that has its problems. Therefore, this line reveals a concern with social ills, or problems.

mica tricku

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.