Answer: Mary absolutely is astonished and happy to have something all to herself, and that only she knows about it.
It would be C, "is" if you say any of the other ones with that sentence it sounds silly.
Answer:
Its A
Explanation:
Because in the excerpt it is talking about that he could have been cared for if only he let people to do that. He was living a lonely life cause of his cold and greedy attitude.
She means that being a black southerner sucked, but it sucked even worse in the hot summer afternoons, which were hot and humid and uncomfortable and by which time everybody had been working hard all day, than in the mornings, when it was more comfortable and people had just gotten out of bed and weren't completely awake and aware of their lousy situation in life.
