I believe the answer would be A. If the question is ‘from what line from the article does the author reveal how she would like others to respond to her lack of hearing?’ Then the answer would be A. She says that she ‘hated to be seen as inferior’ this suggests that the way she would like to see others respond is, not by acting like she is inferior, but acting as if she were any other person.
The answer is A. his embarrassment about the cause of his beloved father's death.
The story revolves around Jerome's father dying because he was crushed by a pig that fell from a balcony. Jerome used to idolize his father, perhaps partially because he also lost his mother when he was very young and his father was the only parent he had. As he grew older, he realized people's reactions to this event was laughter. He became embarrased, and this caused him angst.
