1. What is Mary doing just before Patrick gets home? a. She is hastily preparing dinner.
b. She is getting groceries from the store.
d. She is waiting anxiously for him to arrive.
c. She is pacing nervously.

d.She is waiting anxiously for him to arrive.

Explanation:

In Lamb to Slaughter, Mary Malone is the perfect example of a fantastic wife because she anticipates her husband Patrick's every need and desire and goes ahead to perform it before he requests for it.  

Before Patrick got home, Mary was waiting anxiously for him to arrive as she had already prepared dinner and set the lightings, drawn the curtains, and set the chairs.

d. the two authors are in awe of nature; their experiences, reveal that time in nature can change people.

explanation:

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."