D) collective nouns describe more than one person, object, animal, or object.
Answer:
Jeannette's mother had an excuse for everything, she consistently pretended everything was okay.... that her children were well and cared for. In this instance, Jeannnette does the unthinkable by coerrecting her mother's foggy reality and stating the truth. The children had nothing to eat, and Rose Mary talked about imaginary meals and food that wasn't there..... Jeannette finally had the gumption to say, "I was hungry."
Explanation:
https://www.gradesaver.com/the-glass-castle/q-and-a/explain-jeanettes-comment-on-page-69-id-broken-one-of-our-unspoken-rules-we-were-always-supposed-to-pretend-our-life-was-long-and-incredibly-fun-adventure-302281
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/the-glass-castle/summary-and-analysis/part-2-the-desert-sections-1718
For the answer to the question above, I believe it is various forms of be.
The most common linking verbs are, am, is, are, was, were, being, and been, so the correct answer is the third choice among the given questions.