How do the specially printed reunion t-shirts have a symbolic meaning that affects the story? they symbolize the sense of unity and pride in the family, making the family sympathetic. they symbolize the poverty of the family, who cannot afford fancier or more expensive shirts and thus seem pitiable. they symbolize the family's consciousness of the importance of clothing, making them seem snobbish. they symbolize the power that the adults have over the youngsters, who have been ordered to wear the t-shirts.

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.