A. Public domain means whose exclusive intellectual rights have expired , have been forfeited, have been expressly waived, or are incapable. So if someone owned a building but had their rights for the building terminated, that building is now a public domain until someone buys the building. So, after the building has been handed over because of the terminated rights of the owner, it is now a "Public Domain".
A simile is used to compare her voice to a "cool, dark room in summer- peaceful, soothing, quiet". This helps let readers know that she is most likely very nurturing, caring, and a definite "motherly figure"
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I won't write 100 words for the answer but the theme is the process of becoming.