Which of the following inferences about Maria Consuegra is best supported by
paragraph 7 of "Living to Tell the Tale"?
The town dignitaries came to Maria Consuegra's house to offer her their
condolences for having killed the thief. I went that night with Papalelo, and
we found her sitting in an armchair from Manila that looked like an
enormous wicker peacock, surrounded by the fervor of her friends who
listened to the story she had repeated a thousand times. Everyone agreed
with her that she had fired out of sheer fright. It was then that my
grandfather asked her if she had heard anything after the shot, and she
answered that the first she had heard a great silence, then the metallic
sound of the picklock falling on the cement, and then a faint, anguished
voice: "Mother, help me!" Maria Consuegra, it seemed, had not been
conscious of this heart-breaking lament until my grandfather asked her the
question. Only then did she burst into tears.
a) Maria feels terrible shame for what she's done.
Ob) Maria is stunned for a long time after she shoots the intruder.
Oc) Maria had threatened to shoot the thief the last time he'd broken into her
house.
Od) Maria did not own the gun she used to shoot the thief.

Maria is stunned for a long time after she shoots the intruder.

Explanation:

Because it seemed Maria had not been conscious of this heart-breaking lament until my grandfather asked her the question, shows that she was stunned and suddenly shaken back to remembering something that shook her up.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)