The answer is the character is scared and traumatised
In the paragraph, it had talked how the narrator had felt
when the earthquake had strike from the lines <span>My first inclination, as always, was to get away: "when
in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." Even they were
already in the safe placed, they were still afraid because of their experience.</span>
The most likely answer is : try to get the reader to have an emotional response to the story
were there no more options ?
That answer is b) so that you can communicate effectively
