When young Patricia says she was waiting for a "barrage of
verbal punishment," she means she was waiting
A. to get yelled at.
O B. to be told to go to sleep.
O C. to get into a long discussion.
O D. to tell her mother about the theft.
Barrage is to bombard someone with something. And a verbal punishment means someone is lecturing you as a punishment. So, she's/he's going to be having a long discussion with someone.
