In the countryside of Japan, members of the sex sometimes still sit naked in the hotsprings together.

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Explanation:

only genders of the same can sit with one another in a hot spring

did you ever get an answer? i'm on the same question : (

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.