Answer this and tell me why you believe it’s the answer.

A, read explanation for why :P

Explanation:

In the passage, the narrator states that their mom came out and told them that they worked hard. We can infer that because our narrator has worked so hard that they are now exhausted.

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what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.