The answer is C.Sound devices.
Thesis statement:
Throughout ones life, someone must stay courageous, ambitious, and have determination to overcome the obstacles and struggles that life throws at them.
or
Thesis: When one is facing challenges in life that are hard to overcome, it is always important to keep one's dreams in mind and believe in themselves in order to overcome those obstacles and challenges.
The answer is D. safe and secure.
Waverly is only six when this short story begins. She lives in Chinatown, in San Francisco, and at such a young age, she sees the world in a simple way. As a first-person narrator she says, for instance, that she didn't think of herself as a poor child because her bowl was always full.
In the excerpt, she seems to wish to convey that comfortable simplicity. The smell of food combined with her father leaving to work and the door being locked evoke a sensation of safety, the belief that everything is and will always be just fine.
It is going to be the first answer