Read the excerpt from matilda by roald dahl.

"i . . i . . i simply put the fourteen down in my head and multiply it by nineteen," matilda said. "i'm afraid i don't know how else to explain it. i've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't i? "

matilda's words in this excerpt reveal that she

a. is able to do a lot more than multiplication tables.
b. is uncomfortable and ashamed of her unusual talents.
c. has no idea why she has such a special talent.
d. has a dislike for technology such as the pocket calculator

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

a simple sentence must have at least one dependent clause.