Part a how does mundra develop a theme of the story? a. her choice to take something that does not belong to her develops the theme that continual abuse leads many to a life of crime. b. her decision to escape her situation develops the theme that there is only so much abuse a person will tolerate. c. her attempt to defend herself develops the theme that resisting punishment may often lead to further abuse. d. her decision to accept her fate develops the theme that people eventually abandon hope when faced with regular abuse. part b which quotation from the text best supports the response to part a? a. “an old blue rag, the remnants of a sari, lay on the floor near her. mundra picked it up quickly. as quickly and silently she slipped across the street, and—unholy act! ” b. “when mundra's tired hand relaxed its hold upon the handle of the grinding-stones and the strength in her little body gave out, with one swing of the arm, down upon the child's bare back came the tongs.” c. “down came the hot tongs a second time upon the tender, though dark, skin and mundra fell in a faint beside the mill.” d. “she knew not what might await her there, but, childlike, she had faith to believe that even unknown people would not treat a beggar more cruelly than she, a widow, had been treated by her own.”