By how well he or she does the job
1. I believe its youthful energy and life.
2. Repetition? Not sure.
3. The "fire in my head" symbolizes the intense drive to go fishing.
4. The mood is defiant. He will prove the reader wrong by finding her.
5. It establishes a mournful, weeping tone.
In the short story The Chrysanthemums, the stranger's motivation for pretending to be interested in Elisa's chrysanthemums is because A. he wants Elisa to give him work so he can earn some money.
He is a poor tinker who may not be able to afford dinner unless he is given some sort of a job by Elisa.