I believe that your answer is the first option due to how late the crying is, and unlike in "The Tell-Tale Heart" where the heart is constant and represents the slow descent of madness, the cry of the cat only appears at the end.
The portion of the story where it shows the speaker's madness is actually his looking for and finding similarities in the second cat and wishing to kill it.
Hope this was helpful.
Another name for independent clause is Main clause so it's C
Answer:
I can't see much of it clearly, although I can help you with the second question
Explanation:
They already left the village before the sun rose
As soon as she finished cleaning the floors, she started gardening
After I posted the letter, I realised I had written the wrong address.