C. D has nothing to do with anything in the passage, and A and B imply permanence, while the passage says the imprints were washed away.
Answer:
A. The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.
Explanation:
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", the story of a woman named Hester Prynne who was accused of adultery. She had been kept in the prison with her infant daughter, with the letter "A" on her breast, suggestive of her adultery crime.
The excerpt in the question is from the first chapter of the story titled "The Prison Door". This part details the history and location of the prison where Hester was kept. The excerpt tells of how the prison house had began, along with the burial ground that first had it's occupant in the form of Isaac Johnson. The passage shows that the prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery eventually expanding in size from its original plot.
The two social reform issues that were most influential during the time Little Women was written were freedom of slaves and women's rights.
