The narrator feels safe in her room., True, False, The narrator is free to think about her past, even if she is not free to act on it., True, False, The narrator has accepted her new identity and no longer thinks of who she used to be., True, False, The television documentary unsettles the narrator because it shows her that suffering can be forgotten — even turned into entertainment., True, False, The narrator says she has "viable ovaries" as one of the few facts she states about herself. What does the choice of this particular detail suggest?, She is thinking about starting a family and feels hopeful about the future., In the world she inhabits, her value as a person has been reduced to her biological function., She is relieved to be in good health despite the difficult conditions she lives in., She is listing her physical characteristics to remind herself who she is., At the end of the passage, the narrator lists a series of actions — "I stifle it in the folds of the hanging cloak, clench my eyes, from which tears are squeezing." What does the accumulation of these actions suggest?, She is preparing herself to go to sleep after a long and exhausting day., She is angry at someone and trying to stop herself from acting on it., She is exerting enormous effort to suppress an emotion that is escaping her control — survival here requires constant physical self-discipline., The list of actions shows she is calm and methodical even in difficult moments.

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