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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans: Eveline was reminded of the street organ that played the night before her mother died, as well as her mother’s way of life. She remembered the vow she made to her mother before she died as she had made her decision to go. She vowed to keep the house in order for as long as she was able.

Detailed explanation-2: -She hears a street organ, and when she remembers the street organ that played on the night before her mother’s death, Eveline resolves not to repeat her mother’s life of “commonplace sacrifices closing in final craziness, ” but she does exactly that.

Detailed explanation-3: -On the night of her elopement she is reminded “of the prom-ise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she [can]” (514). This promise is partly responsible for Eveline’s choice. She cannot break the promise she made to her mother.

Detailed explanation-4: -While Eveline’s mother is on her deathbed, she asks Eveline to make a promise to “keep the home together as long as she [can]” (6). Evelline promises to do this for her mother not knowing that this promise may keep her trapped in a dead-end life forever. To keep this promise, Eveline works day in and day out.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: Eveline made a promise to her deceased mother that she would keep the home together for as long as she could. Reminded by this promise, Eveline eventually chose to stay instead of going away with a man to Buenos Ayres.