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.