The correct answer is A. Indeed, the history behind this story tells us the correct answer. The story is based on Crane's own experience. Therefore, all the answers contain the phrase <em>omniscient narrator </em>and the author gives a hint for the upcoming surprises which is a foreshadowing.
Half is one of the most multi-functional words in English, being used as a pre-determiner, a pronoun, an adjective, an adverb, a countable noun and a numeral.
