On one side were buds and flowers of frosted silver. The other side at first looked as clear and bright as a pool of water

yes, because if hes blind not deaf

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.

demonstrative would be the answer.