The answer for this one is true
Because some people don't have the guts to say they told a lie because they don't want to face consequences.
In looking at the answer choices, a few can be dismissed immediately. From the passage it doesn't seem that the dismissal of the narrator's questions affects her too much. Therefore we can eliminate answers that show a drastic change in the narrator's emotions (the narrator feeling inadequate, lacking control, and fearing she may be doomed). The only answer left is that the narrator is dismissed. In gothic literature women are often seen as helpless, innocent victims.
The answer is B. "Frightened."
You can draw the conclusion that the author is trying to communicate a frightened tone by the diction of the stanza. The following line of the text states: "In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright..." This is a very telling detail that supports the idea that the author's tone was meant to be frightening.
It seems that you have missed the necessary options for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. The phrase that uses the best voice and word choice for an adventure story is this: <span> It was a dark and stormy night; the breath of the cool breeze sent shivers up my spine. Hope this helps.</span>
