Well in the book he thinks about how easy it was when he was with the boys and how easy it was compared to how he does nothing but work now
The answer is the option where it says:
<span>it helps convey how jarring it was for Didion to realize that life in New York City, which she had long imagined as a romantic and exotic place, could be rather ordinary and mundane.</span>
In chronological order.
Chronological definition: (of a record of events) following the order in which they occurred.
Great job, though I think you should change it up a bit more if you want it that way.