Hey there!
The fourth option or choice D should be capitalized, because Texas is a noun, all nouns are capitalized.
Hope I was able to help!
I’d say:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of “Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, Gwendolyn Brooks” because the rest of the punctuations doesn’t make sense.
But actually it should be:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
(Without the quotation marks and inclusion the word “and” before “Gwendolyn”)
The answer is Textbook, I believe
1. She told us she didn’t eat meat.
2. They said they would be late.
3. I told you it would rain!
4. Connor said he could speak five languages!
5. Dad said he would help me.
6. We told them we couldn’t go to the party.
