Question

Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentences contribute to a sense of hope in this excerpt from "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin? She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window. She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if you have any options to choose from - if not, this is the sentence I'd pick:
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. 
This sentence shows us hope through the imagery of spring and everything being born or reborn. Even though she lost her husband, she would find a way to become happy again (or rather quickly, according to this story) which gives us a sense of hope.

If you can choose more than one sentence, I'd also pick this one:
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window. 
Anything having to do with nature and its beauty will give us hope.