Chrysanthemums are symbol of life and beauty. In the story it symbolizes energy and sexuality. The same happens with Elisa. She lives a boring life and an unhappy marriage and she needs attendance. She needs to find herself. She commits to gardening because it is there where she can find her true self. Both, Elisa and the Chrysanthemums, need love.
When you listen you’re actually focusing on what is being said, when you’re hearing you’re simply using your ears to hear sound not words.
The answer is Suspension of disbelief
Explanation: Took the test & The term "Willing Suspension of disbelief" was coined by the romantic poet and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It suggests the loss or sacrifice of reason or logic for of pleasure and enjoyment and such imagination would add
thoughts without any concern about reason or logic. In the same way, Calvin keeps the logic and reason on one side and indulges himself in enjoying the science fiction. So that makes the answer Suspension of disbelief