B.
The tone is how the author presents the text using their language (think of it as how you would hear their “tone” of voice if they were to read out loud.
Example:
I hate you! I thought I could trust you, but clearly I was wrong. How could you do this to me?
(The tone is angry and accusing, we can see this by the words I used - “hate”, “clearly” - as well as the use of the exclamation point to show anger and force in the language.
The speaker of snow-bound view memory as something beautiful that he should alwyas hold into, which remind him about what he cherish in life.
This is very similar to lily who lay on top of ponds, who provide esthetical value and a place for others to hold on to.
Your answer would be D conclusion
The Complete subject would be your answer because that is what the rest of the statement is referring to.
If direct characterization, as opposed to indirect characterization, straightforwardly describes or tells for the reader the personality and the traits of a character ("the woman was tall and shy; the man was small and was nervous"), then the sentence in the excerpt that contains it is this one: "Both were pretty, active, country girls who had no ambition to go on the stage." Other sentences in the excerpt are providing information about them (they were friends, they were young, they lived in a boarding house, they lived in a boarding house, and they were working), but they do not directly reveal their traits.