Which detail from the diary of a young girl best supports the mood of desperation?
a)“yesterday we had our hands full. we had to pit two crates of cherries for mr. kugler to can.”
b)“we just wanted to get out of there, to get away and reach our destination in safety.”
c)“suddenly the doorbell rang again. ‘that's hello,’ i said. ‘don't open the door! ’ exclaimed margot to stop me.”
d)“preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding, i stuck the craziest things in the bag, but i'm not sorry.”

(B)

Explanation: “We just wanted to get out of there, to get away and reach our destination in safety.”

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

explanation:

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.