Another name for "mercy killing" is

euthanasia

Explanation: Assisted in taking your own life, in which the patient takes actions to terminate his or her life using means supplied by someone else, is different from euthanasia, in which a person takes an action that causes the death of another person. Euthanasia is sometimes called “mercy killing.”

Euthanasia is illegal in the United States. As of 2014, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands permit euthanasia under very narrow circumstances involving competent patients suffering from painful terminal illnesses.

among the options given on the question the correct answer is option d.

tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

explanation: the excerpt is from "mother tongue" is an essay by amy tan. the purpose of writing this essay was describe the challenging situation of someone who was raised in a family where the parents could not speak proper english and the influence of the situation.people also could judge the individual for the poor english.

however, amy tan described the english of her mother as broken according to the other people. but every time, she referred as broken she winced. because, she began to understand the world with her mother's english.she could understand her mother's english.

therefore, tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”