Read the excerpt from "Black Day, 1935."
“You’ve got willpower beyond your years,” Ma said with a smile. Then the smile vanished when another blast shook the house. “I’d better pull that sheet aside and set a lamp in the front window. Your dad may need something to show him the way.” They knew that the light would probably not even reach to the edge of the porch, but somehow it made them both feel better.
Which statement best describes and explains the characters’ actions?
Hans and his mother put a lamp in front of the window to make themselves feel better.
Hans and his mother are shaken by another blast of the blizzard that hits their house.
Hans and his mother know that his father is trying to find his way home in the blizzard.
Hans and his mother are trapped inside the house during the blizzard without his father.
The statement that best describes and explains the characters' actions is:
Hans and his mother know that his father is trying to find his way home in the blizzard.
The characters put a lamp in front of the window as a signal to help guide Hans' father home in the midst of the blizzard. They are actively trying to assist him in his journey back to the house.