Read the excerpt from the beginning of chapter 5 of little women, by louisa may alcott. "what in the world are you going to do now, jo? " asked meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, with a broom in one hand and a shovel in the other. "going out for exercise," answered jo with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "i should think two long walks this morning would have been enough! it's cold and dull out, and i advise you to stay warm and dry by the fire, as i do," said meg with a shiver. "never take advice! can't keep still all day, and not being a pus sycat, i don't like to doze by the fire. i like adventures, and i'm going to find some." which best explains why alcott begins the chapter with one character asking another character a question? to develop one character in more detail than another to the reader visualize the characters’ appearances to stimulate the reader’s desire to understand a character’s motives to establish the setting for the characters’ conversation. c is the answer