Answer:
Verbs that would be appropriate to use in an essay that is written in past tense are: Was, saw, wrote, read, danced, etc.
The answer to your question is letter A
The correct option is B.
Jackie could not believe that Nora can act so religiously. He knows her sister to be a loud person and he considered her to be a worst sinner than himself, so he find it quite unbelievable that her confession only took a few seconds and she was acting as if she was a saint. Jackie considered his sister to be a hypocrite.