Reread paragraph 62 from “Marigolds” and then answer the question that follows. “M-miss Lottie!” I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began. That violent, crazy act was the last act of childhood. For as I gazed at the immobile face with the sad, weary eyes, I gazed upon a kind of reality which is hidden to childhood. The witch was no longer a witch but only a broken old woman who had dared to create beauty in the midst of ugliness and sterility. She had been born in squalor and lived in it all her life. Now at the end of that life she had nothing except a falling-down hut, a wrecked body, and John Burke, the mindless son of her passion. Whatever verve there was left in her, whatever was of love and beauty and joy that had not been squeezed out by life, had been there in the marigolds she had so tenderly cared for.

In paragraph 62, what led to Lizabeth’s revelation about what she had done?

Question 8 options:

remembering the events of that day with adult eyes

looking into Miss Lottie’s eyes and seeing her in a new way

discussing it with her parents after Miss Lottie told them what she had done

watching Joey’s face change from joy to sadness as he realized what she had done