I believe the correct answer is D. humorous and informal.
You can see in the excerpt that the narrator is talking about him/herself in a humorous manner by mentioning his/her eccentricities such as 'mismatched socks' etc. The tone is very light and funny, so A, B, and C would be incorrect answers.
It expresses the many types of English the Tan family uses.
The answer is: The flowers in the garden bloom beautifully.
The verb <em>to be</em> can be conjugated as <em>am, is, are, was, were </em>or <em>been, </em>and it signifies to exist, occur o take place. In that respect, the chosen sentence does not possess the verb <em>to be</em> - it actually contains the verb <em>bloom</em>, which means to produce flowers.
The rest of the sentences are incorrect because all of them include conjugations of the verb to be, such as <em>is </em>and <em>was</em>.
Answer:
“Skeptically, the demon got back behind the wheel while Father went to the front near the crank to start the motor.”
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