Answer:
A The narrator thinks less of her mother because she is too rigid and does not take risks.
Explanation:
In "Safety in Numbers" we are presented the mother of the narrator who is a Chinese woman established in America and extremely strict with her daughter's studies, besides being an extremely cautious person and committed to not taking any risks.
The narrator thinks that the life that her mother stipulated and that imposes on all family members is a mediocre life, especially when she discovers that her mother was a great activist who fought against the Chinese government and took a great risk of life. .
In short, the narrator believes that her mother's life has become small because she is very strict and is not at risk.
The answer I think would be b.
There is only one adverb in this sentence, and that is the word increasingly.
Adverbs are used to modify verbs or adjectives - and in this sentence, the word <em>increasingly </em>is used to modify the adjective <em>ineffective.
</em><em />There are no other adverbs in the sentence, so the word <em>increasingly </em>is the only correct answer.
Using context clues, the answer seems to be B. Deeply filled
