Foreshadowing makes the reader think that aunt Gertrude is mean and does care about her family
A quarter is one part out of 4 of a whole. In the examples provided, the options that define a quarter are:
- To divide into 4 parts fifty cents (if we divide 50 cents by 4 we will obtain a quarter of 50 cents)
- one-fouth (if we divide a cake in 4 we obtain, one part of it is a quarter)