In some cases like the word vice, the negative connotation stems from a direct definition of the word(vice means wicked, but another definition is 'a substitute for' so 'vice president'). In other cases, word may be used in a culture to identify a group or individual that is portrayed negatively, thus modifying the inherent definition of the word to better portray how society thinks of the word.
Hey! This was really tough to figure out. But I am really sure the type of narration used in the excerpt is Third Person Limited. The words that stand out to me the most, when it comes to making this claim was "at the age of six" and that "knew she felt it" because the narrator knew about the character's back story, however it is only pertained to the main character, which is Maisie. The effect of this point of view, is that it shows a very detailed representation of what is going through the character's mind and giving somewhat more of a description about Maisie and her story.
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If you're looking for a specific person you can just send them a friend request because the chances of them seeing this are fairly low.
The answer is C, Max is a cat.