1. “I-I-I don’t know what you mean!”
2. “We need to paint everything-the window frames, the doors, the walls.
3. “Next week-how I dread it!”
4. “You know the guy across the street-you are not even hearing me.”
5. “The doors, the windows, the tile-they were all broken by the storm.
6. “They waded in the upper river-a waste of time!”
7. “We had many things to handle for the trip-buy tickets, get passports, pack, arrange for the animals.”
8. “We-we-we shouldn’t be in this warehouse.”
9. “That show-what a thriller!”
10. “Have you met my girl-my best friend and forever companion?”
Answer:
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.
The reference to “pennies” reveals the historical context of the story.
Explanation: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a novel by Betty Smith which was published in 1943 during the world war II. The story was based on an impoverished but aspirational girl and her family in the Williamsburg,Brooklyn. However in the excerpt the reference to pennies reveals the historical context of the story. Because the penny remarks the time of the incident based on the story. Referencing to the penny readers can imagine the time and place of the story.
Other options in the question is not regarding the historical context of the story. They are the settings of the writer's view.
So the pennies refer to the historical context.
The author might also be trying to persuade.
