PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? * A: “She would not have to change a diaper, they said. In fact, she would not have to do anything at all.” (Paragraph 1)
B: “She wondered what Charles looked like. She wasn’t even sure how old he was.” (Paragraph 4)
C: “By the time the Winters came home, Harriet had eaten most of the M & M's in the glass bowl on their coffee table” (Paragraph 5)
D: “She had never seen him before, and it was flattering that he took her for being capable, as if just being a girl her age automatically qualified her as a baby-sitter.” (Paragraph 4)

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

explanation:

(i'm bad at sudden poems so don't yell at me i'm trying to represent sadness or something like that but its real hard)

at the age of 4, she thought everything was better.

she was innocent, she was joyful, despite the predictions about the bad weather.

at the age of 10, she started to figure things out.

in life, in its meaning, she started to doubt.

at the age of 14, she was filled with depression, anxiety and fear,

that nobody cared about her, and death was drawing near.

at the age of 17, her sleeves got longer, her will got shorter, until she couldn't take it anymore.

she left this earth with a rope, chair and to the heavens she would soar.