What word has a stronger connotation then took?

What does this excerpt explain about this setting

How is president obama using an appeal to reason, or logos, in this excerpt? by explaining why each person must work hard in order to succeed by explaining why working together is necessary for success by explaining why attempts at working together in the past failed by explaining why each person must look out for him or her self

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”