Read the following excerpt from "The Dughters of the Late Colone' by
Katherine Mansfield:

"But cried Josephine, flouncing on her pillow and staring
across the dark at Constantin, "father's head and
suddenly, for one awful moment, she nearly glagled. Not,
of course, that she felt in the least like glogling. It must
have been a habit. Years ago, when they had stayed awake
at night talking their beds had simply heaved. And now the
porter's head, disappearing, popped out, like a candle,
under father's hat... The giggle mounted, mounted, she
clenched her hands, she fought it down, she frowned
fiercely at the dark and said "Remember terribly sternly

Which statement best conveys how the author achieves her purpose in the passage?

- A. She uses characterization to show that Josephine has a childish
mentality about proper behavior in a time of grief

- B. She uses a simile to show that Josephine uses candles at night
because the darkness is frightening to her

- C. She uses characterization to show that Josephine believes that in
times of grief, laughter has great healing power

- D. She uses a simile to show that Josephine thinks the porter is 100
Unimortant to wear her father's best hat