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Lisette had perfected the art of poor baking. However, her sweet demeanor made it impossible to be honest with her about her
confectionary catastrophes. So, when she brought a basket of fresh-baked brownies to our door, it was a cruel favor

The underlined figure of speech is ________ (choices: a euphemism, a simile, a metaphor, an oxymoron)
The reader can infer that ________ (choices: the narrator plans to take up baking with Lisette, the narrator feels that Lisette should do her more favors, the narrator will pretend to enjoy Lisette's brownies, the narrator suspects that Lisette is dishonest with her)