The sentence showed the part of the story where Marilyn is making letters for her family. She wants her brother to remember only the positive side of her. This is a paraphrase of the sentence. "She paused from time to time to think carefully on what words to say for her family, then she continued to write her letters."
i have never read that but i can give you the outline so you can write it just use this
P-oint
E-vidence
A-nalysis
S-ummary
and you should also use the MLA format
if its an essay just do PEAS 5 times
I'm confused to what the question is?
The answer to your question is b. lisa wants to go quickly