C. Exhilarated
When we look at text and try to determine mood, we should look for the tone of words that help to establish this. Thus, for an exhilarated mood (which could be negative or positive as it simply refers to an elevated/heightened level of bodily functions), we should look for words that mean something similar and/or phrases that allude can contribute to this feeling. That said some words that lend to the exhilarated mood are fearful, breathless, timid, adventure, drawn, and blood which coursed in her veins.
The last sentence, "She had made up her mind; she was going to travel the world one way or another" uses the semicolon properly.
The answer would be, 1. External conflict.
The answer is D.The narrator's mother leapt into a burning house to save her daughter.
In the short story "The Leap" the narrator of the story was the second child of the main character, Anna. This answer is one of the few reasons that have convinced her to go back home to her mother whom she owes her life.