Jana is most likely an only child moving into a new house for the first time. She is also most likely a young girl around the age of 5-7.
The answer to question 6 is Familial love is more important than tradition. The answer to 7 is the weather is a form of symbolism.
B.
A nominative absolute is a phrase that starts or ends a sentence and has no grammatical relation with the rest of the sentence.
Bill tells Tessie to shut up when she complains about the lottery