please read the passage and answer the questions. he last lantern\ in the village of eldenwood, where trees whispered secrets and fog settled like old memories, a single lantern burned each night at the top of the watchtower. it was not electric, nor fueled by oil, but rather lit by the keepers resolve - a flame passed down from one generation to the next. the villagers believed the lantern kept away the gray, a creeping mist that devoured whatever it touched. mara, seventeen and uncertain, had just become the new keeper. her grandmother, the former keeper, passed the flame to her in a quiet ceremony beneath the moon, pressing a warm stone into her palm. his is more than fire,\ she whispered. \it is truth.\ each evening, mara climbed the spiral stairs of the watchtower, her doubts heavy as the brass key she carried. from that height, she could see the whole of eldenwood - small homes tucked into mossy earth, and beyond them, the edge of the gray. it pulsed like something alive, halted only by the glow of the lantern. mara often wondered whether the gray was real or simply a story meant to keep children close to home. but each night, the fog lingered, never crossing into the village. one night, maras childhood friend, finn, confronted her beneath the tower. \why do you keep lighting that thing?\ he asked, arms crossed. heres no proof it does anything. maybe were all living by shadows and lies.\ maras hands trembled around the key. \and if i stop and the gray comes?\ 9. how does mara change over the course of the passage? she becomes less fearful of the gray she decides to abandon tradition she becomes more trusting of others she grows in her confidence and sense of duty

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please read the passage and answer the questions. 	he last lantern\ in the village of eldenwood, where trees whispered secrets and fog settled like old memories, a single lantern burned each night at the top of the watchtower. it was not electric, nor fueled by oil, but rather lit by the keepers resolve - a flame passed down from one generation to the next. the villagers believed the lantern kept away the gray, a creeping mist that devoured whatever it touched. mara, seventeen and uncertain, had just become the new keeper. her grandmother, the former keeper, passed the flame to her in a quiet ceremony beneath the moon, pressing a warm stone into her palm. 	his is more than fire,\ she whispered. \it is truth.\ each evening, mara climbed the spiral stairs of the watchtower, her doubts heavy as the brass key she carried. from that height, she could see the whole of eldenwood - small homes tucked into mossy earth, and beyond them, the edge of the gray. it pulsed like something alive, halted only by the glow of the lantern. mara often wondered whether the gray was real or simply a story meant to keep children close to home. but each night, the fog lingered, never crossing into the village. one night, maras childhood friend, finn, confronted her beneath the tower. \why do you keep lighting that thing?\ he asked, arms crossed. 	heres no proof it does anything. maybe were all living by shadows and lies.\ maras hands trembled around the key. \and if i stop and the gray comes?\ 9. how does mara change over the course of the passage? she becomes less fearful of the gray she decides to abandon tradition she becomes more trusting of others she grows in her confidence and sense of duty

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At first, Mara is seventeen and uncertain as the new Keeper. As she performs her duty of lighting the lantern each night, despite doubts and challenges like Finn's questioning, she grows in confidence and sense of duty. She doesn't become less afraid of the Gray as there's no indication of that, she doesn't abandon tradition, and there's no focus on her trust in others.
# Answer:
She grows in her confidence and sense of duty

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