"A Grain of Mustard Seed" and Other Short Stories

SHOPPING by Joyce Carol Oates1987 PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

PART A: Which of the following best identifies the theme of the short story? A "As Nola models in the three-way mirror a queer little yellow-and-black striped sweater with a ribbed waist, punk style, mock-cheap, Mrs. Dietrich feels the motherly obligation to register a mild protest, knowing that Nola will not hear." ( Paragraph 31) B "She knows no more of how love ends than she knew as a child, she knows only of how love begins - in the belly, in the womb, where it is always present tense." ( Paragraph 35) C"Mrs. Dietrich is afraid her daughter will leave the restaurant, simply walk away, that has happened before and if it happens today she doesn't know what she will do." ( Paragraph 47) D "Again streams of shoppers are making a careful berth around her. Alone among them Nola hesitates, seems about to approach the woman - Please don't, Nola! please!" ( Paragraph 71)
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C. "Mrs. Dietrich is afraid her daughter will leave the restaurant, simply walk away, that has happened before and if it happens today she doesn't know what she will do."

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