The answer is : IT CREATES A MOOD OF ANXIETY AND UNCERTAINTY
It's a hyperbole. Hyperbolas are meant to create a strong impression of something, but not to be taken literally.
Mama's decision to give quilts to Maggie has a development on the plot by creating the rising action. Mama can see that Maggie really wants and deserves the quilts.
Hope that helps you
<span>It is either past perfect tense or pat progressive.
Example:
past perfect--- I had cooked when they brought the food.
past progressive---I was cooking when they brought the food.
Had cooked is past perfect, and was cooking is past progressive. Had cooked indicates cooking was finished, and wascooking indicates it was going on or in progress when something else happened (in the simple past).</span>
