Read these lines from the excerpt again:
how she would throw herself upon him, and how her tears would fall like rain, and her lips pray god to give her back her boy and she would never, never abuse him any more! but he would lie there cold and white and make no sign—a poor little sufferer, whose griefs were at an end.
based on the information provided in these lines from the excerpt, which of these words best describes how tom’s aunt feels?
motivated
remorseful
embarrassed
forgiving

B) Remorseful.

Explanation: Based on the information provided in the lines from the given excerpt, we can see that Tom's aunt feels very sad and remorseful about his death, she is crying and asking God to return her boy to life ("How she would throw herself upon him, and how her tears would fall like rain, and her lips pray God to give her back her boy") we can also see that the reason for her feeling remorseful is that she mistreated him.

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.