Stared at the chaos surrounding Allen, astounded that one small child could inflict such damage in so little time: eggs were broken on table and floor, their shells crunching underfoot as Allen tracked them back and forth, leaping about and merrlly singing a tune learned at nursery school.
Just ten minutes earlier, the basket of eggs, fresh from Aunt Ella's hens, were perched Innocently on the kitchen table; now they were the equivalent
of my little brother's box of crayons.
"Well," sald Aunt Ella, clearing her throat as she studied the scene, "Allen appears to have artistic tendencies. Let's record his work for
posterity." And she ralsed her cell phone to photograph the dramatic smears of yellow, punctuated by blts of crushed shell and the small
Impressions of toddler-sized shoes.
How is the phrase artistic tendencies used in the passage?
O 1. to emphasize the idea that Allen has a natural inclination to create chaos
0 2. to Indicate Aunt Ella's mild-mannered reaction to the scene in the kitchen
3. to suggest the narrator's dismay at both the mess and Aunt Ella's reaction to it
4. to show both Allen's careful and deliberate design and his use of unique materials