A. The connotation suggests that the narrator is annoyed by indicating that the counselor is being too aggressive in her questioning.
Explanation:
There are two types of meaning a word possesses:
Denotation - explicit or literal meaning;
Connotation - an emotional or cultural association that a word carries.
When someone is pushy, they are constantly trying to get something or to make someone do something. Such behavior often makes other people annoyed. So, the narrator is also annoyed, which is confirmed by the second sentence: <em>I didn't realize that thinking about my future could be such a chore</em>.
Emergency should be the answer to your question. Drought does not fit the adjective. Because is a adjunction . Quickly is most likely consider a action, so emergency should be your answer! Hope that helps.
All the other options are quotes from specific parts and does not directly tell us about or gives a summary of what the book is about, therefore no central idea. A gives us a glimpse into the story.
