How can the reader tell that elisa has decided to trust the stranger?
a. she gets a pot for him to repair.
b. she tells him that she trusts him.
c. she invites him into her garden.
d. she asks to go to san diego with him.

The correct answer is C.

In the story "Chrysanthememus" by John Steinbeck, we can see that Elisa trusts the stranger because she invites him into her garden.

She is charmed by him when he tells her he simply "follows good weather" and then is even more enchanted when he starts asking about her beloved Chrysanthemums.

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.