The excerpt contains the first sentences of the story. The story revolves around a woman who is informed about the tragic death of her husband. After learning the fact she acts differently that the reader is confused whether she is in grief or she feels joyful or in extreme explanation she started acting abnormally. Reviewers of the story debated about the unhappy marriage of Mrs. Mallard. The reader can find the implications later in the story. But because of the insecurities and worries felt towards Mrs. Mallard the reader can yield from the introduction that the correct answer is A.
To segregate means to split. To separate, to spread apart.
Your answer: Separate.
1. Hyphens are used to join words, indicate pauses, and to seperate syllables. However, they are not usually used with prefixes.
2. That is true.
3. Man and eating, because when joined by a hyphen, it is man-eating which is a word commonly seen in literary books and magazines.