Read the passage from "The Book of Martha." After a moment, Martha was able to take her hands from
her face and look again at the grayness around her and
at God. "This can't be heaven," she said. "There's
nothing here, no one here but you."
"Is that all you see?" God asked.
This confused her even more. "Don't you know what I
see?" she demanded and then quickly softened her
voice. "Don't you know everything?"
God smiled. "No, I outgrew that trick long ago. You can't
imagine how boring it was."
Which statement best explains why Martha quickly
softens her voice toward the end of this passage?
O She is worried that God will be upset at her for
sounding insistent
O She does not want to talk loud enough for anyone but
God to hear.
She feels confident that God can hear her no matter
how softly she speaks.
She doesn't want God to hear her questions and
provide answers.