He thought his grandfather was a giant. As a chile, this was important to have the image of his grandfather as someone influential and extremely important. His grandfathwould give give very good advices. Like he once assured Anaya when a friend of Anaya died that " Death is only this small transformation in life". The auothor described his grandfather as "stood five feet tall, but to me as a child he was a giant."
Explanation:
The question refers to the articles "A celebration of Grandfathers" by Rudolfo Anaya.
An abstract noun is something that isn't tangible or anything you can touch. Mainly it is talking about emotions. Based on that I would say it would be B. It says hoped which is an emotion