What is the main character of the story trying to accomplish or what is their main goal?
What is being said about the person, thing, or idea (the topic)?
What is the writer trying to say?
What is the most important point the author wants me to understand about the topic?
Is there a topic sentence?
Answer:
Hi, How are you. Are you staying hydrated? Did you eat yet? How'd you sleep?
The best answer to the question above would be the second statement. The sentence that shows Ivan Iyich's human tendency to contemplate one's past life would be when Ivan Ilyich could only remember the pleasant days in his memories of his childhood.