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Answer:
The last one "a novel about a woman’s life during the Indian independence movement in the early 1900s"
Explanation:
Because it is focused more on the culture and about the person's life in that country at the time of a historical period.
All of these phrases show personification.
When the cake is "calling her name", it is really just very tempting to Melissa.
The candle isn't really "dancing in the dark", it's actually just flickering.
The brown grass isn't really "begging for water", it is just very, very dry.
The sun is not "stretching its golden arms", those are just rays of light that are shining across the valley.
Dry mixtures = #2
vegetable salad = #1
sifter = #3
sifting = #4
small particle = #5