Question

Read the passage: In the mean time, though, Linwood is in danger. This dear place, my second home; its loved inhabitants; think of their being in such peril! Oh, I shall cry heartily if harm comes to them! But I must leave before. No use of leaving my bones for the Yankees to pick; better sing "Dixie" in Georgia. What is revealed about the author's viewpoint? She welcomes the Union soldiers to her hometown. She is angered by the arrival of Union soldiers in her Confederate state. She does not care for Northerners. She is an abolitionist.

Answer 1

She is angered by the arrival of Union soldiers in her Confederate state.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage shows the author's anxiety, distress, and anger at the thought of the Union soldiers' arrival. She sees them as a threat, as dangerous people who will come to destroy her city and its inhabitants, which she deeply cherishes, hence her determination to leave before the “Yankees” come and pick her bones, in other words, before ends up dead in that place.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B.

The author is angered and worried by the arrival of the Union soldiers to her hometown.

She is worried about what will be of Linwood and its inhabitants, and is filled with a great sadness at the thought of them being in danger.