A. Gerund Phrase (sorry if this is too late)
She's brave because she volunteered to put the sleeping powder in the cat's food, even though that's the very thing that her husband died doing.
She's determined because she went to an owl, a known enemy of mice such as herself, to find help.
She's kind because she freed the crow when he was tangled in string and was in danger of being eaten by the cat.
Answer:
"Bruno, trying to change the subject, asks Shmuel if he has any sisters. ... There is an tragic irony in Shmuel's statement that he wants to work with animals in a zoo, because he and the other prisoners are currently being treated like animals—lower than animals, even, as they are killed with impunity."
This is what I found online.
I have never read this book before so...