B) active
It follows the form <span>[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]</span>
I think the novel being discussed is The Custom-House by Hawthorne.
In the preface of the book, Hawthorne mentioned his ancestors. He has mixed feelings about them. He feels connected to them because of their blood connection but he dislikes their stern morality and rigidity as Puritans.
They are also relevant in the novel because Hawthorne drew inspiration from them by making their intolerance and lack of humanity the subject of the novel.
Answer:
A poor girl living in India in the 1900s
Explanation:
People in India use the "rupee" currency, so I can infer that this girl lives in India. As soda is quite modern today, and we've had it for some time, we can assume that this takes place sometime in the 1900s, when soda was first introduced to some parts of the world.
A declarative sentence because it is just making a statement.