After a while, she asked, "Was there really a Noah?" "Not one man dealing with a worldwide flood," God said.
"But there have been a number of people who've had to
deal with smaller disasters."
"People you ordered to save a few and let the rest die?"
"Yes," God said.
She shuddered and turned to face him again. "And what
then? Did they go mad?" Even she could hear the
disapproval and disgust in her voice.
God Jhose to hear the question as only a question. "Some
took refuge in madness, some in drunkenness, some in
sexual license. Some killed themselves. Some survived
and lived long, fruitful lives."
Martha shook her head and managed to keep quiet.
"I don't do that any longer," God said.
-"The Book of Martha,"
Octavia E. Butler

Which choice best shows the moral idea that Martha
struggles with in this excerpt?
O Some people must make decisions that place great
burdens on them.
O Some people must die, so others can live.
O Some people refuse to rise to the challenges
presented to them.
O Some people do not understand how to solve
problems in the worlds they make