What connection does the speaker have to the neighbor at this moment? How does the speaker feel when the neighbor gives up on calling the cat?

This question is about At Dusk by Natasha Trethewey

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went