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hatch: hush! look there!
alice: (whispering) hush! dont make a noise. dont make a noise, please.
hatch: (in a threatening whisper) dont you make a noise.
alice: i dont mean to. my mother is asleep upstairs and she is very ill. and i dont want to wake her—and i dont want you to wake her, either.
reddy: well...we wont get well away until ive had something to eat.
alice: (to reddy.) youll find plates in the pantry, please.
reddy: oh, i dont use them things.
alice: youll use \them things\ when you eat with me. go, do as i tell you, please.
(reddy exits.)
alice: do you know, ive always wanted to meet a burglar. but its so difficult. they go out so seldom.
hatch: yes, and they arrive so late.
alice: (laughingly) now, thats much better. its so nice of you to have a sense of humor...
(three locomotive whistles are heard from just outside the house.)
alice: ah! at last! theyve come. theyve come!
hatch: (fiercely) theyve come! what is it? what does that mean?
(reddy runs to window and opens the shutters.)
alice: (jubilantly) it means—it means that twenty men are crossing that lawn. it means that while you sat drinking there, civilization was racing toward you at seventy miles an hour!
(she drags open the curtains, disclosing captain lucas and two other policemen.)
captain lucas: hold up your hands, all of you!
alice: (speaking with an effort and swaying slightly) hush, please. dont—dont alarm my mother. mothers not as strong as—as i am.
what does alices interaction with the station agent on the phone reveal?
○ her confusion about who to call during emergencies
○ her quick thinking and resourcefulness
○ her panic in emergency situations
○ her trust in authorities to come up with a rescue plan on their own

Explanation:

Alice calmly manages the intruders, directs them to avoid waking her ill mother, and her actions lead to the arrival of authorities, showing she thinks quickly and uses the situation to get help.

Answer:

B. Her quick thinking and resourcefulness