Okay so...
Morbid means to be appealed to death,
Retrospection means a look into the past.
We can infer she avoids Morbid Retrospection due to a rough past that could have caused PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Someone could have died in her past that was close to her.
Answer:
D: some one who is shy and timid
Explanation:
I am almost positive because i read the book and watched the movie
The literary device used in this sentence is analogy
The personification in this is “But here and there a few cars groaning creep...” the idea this personification gives about New York is probably that New York is [obviously] just waking up and people are starting to drive their cars around the city.