She is crying. The verb cry is both transitive and intrsitive. As "cry" is intransitive or there's no object in the sentence presented, you cannot change the sentence into the passive voice. Look at the following example in which the cry has been used as a transitive verb: The mother cried tears of joy when she found her child.
Answer: "Cloudy Day" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is to show how there can always be sunshine on a cloudy day. Meaning that no matter how bad things are, it could possibly b worse, so we should always be optimistic.
Explanation: The purpose of the flashback is to show how the speaker has changed from the start of his prison time to the end