How does the excerpt exemplify the ideas king describes in danse macabre?

I believe it would be C, since it says, "It forces readers to 'grapple' with their own morality."

The excerpt exemplifies the ideas of Stephen King in Danse Macabre because It forces readers to 'grapple' with their own morality.

Explanation:

The excerpt has a vague feeling of hope as it strongly goes with a deeper feeling of fear, the reader can see how even when the situation as described is harder than expected, things have gone well, until the story shows how in a second and without any expectation everything can suddenly change and there is the moment that comes to realize and analyze human mortality.

might need to ask questions people no or have read somthing about.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.