|Question 7Verbal

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The following text is from Annie Dillard's 1987 autobiographical novel An American Childhood. The narrator is a young girl living in Pittsburgh.

I walked. My mother had given me the freedom of the streets as soon as I could say our telephone number. I walked and memorized the neighborhood. I made a mental map and located myself upon it. At night in bed I rehearsed the small world's scheme and set challenges: Find the store using backyards only. Imagine a route from the school to my friend's house.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
It describes the narrator trying to memorize her telephone number.
A
It gives directions to the narrator's favorite local store.
B
It portrays the narrator's relationship with her mother.
C
It provides examples of what the narrator thinks about at night.
D