Whose shoes are these in the middle of the kitchen floor? would be the correct way to state this question.
The correct answer is B. Craving a midnight snack, I tiptoed to the kitchen.
The author describes the typical childhood that most Americans in the past. Honky was able to experience the segregation rules when he asked if he can call the infant of a black couple as his sister. He saw that the world was not as safe as his parents told him.