Question

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 alice do first upon entering the scene?
○ she goes to the telephone.
○ she confronts the burglars.
○ she hides.
○ she calls out for help.

Explanation:

When Alice enters the scene, she immediately speaks to the burglars (Hatch and Reddy) to quiet them, directs Reddy to get plates, and interacts with them rather than hiding, calling for help, or going to the telephone first. Her first actions are direct interactions with the intruders, which constitutes confronting them.

Answer:

She confronts the burglars.