I would say the author uses irony in this passage that remembering his mother makes him not happy but miserable which may be the opposite of what is expected but he would rather suffer this than be happy in forgetting her as this latter feeling would be expected to make him sad.
A. Defensive driving courses will help to encourage better driving among teens.
Answer:
1) To start a school for girls in Parvana's house
2) Began Writing a magazine on Women's Issues and rights in Afghanistan
Explanation:
C because the other questions have punctuation outside of the quotation marks