instruction:
In this task, you're given a context passage, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer to a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.
question:
It smelled of a firearm . And for a moment , she could feel the motions it would take to kill her , as if seeing it before they actually did it . So one could imagine her surprise when no such death ever approached her . 
Question: What may have caused her to be surprised in that moment ?
answer:
She thought she was going to meet her demise .


question:
Jan lit a fire under the porch because she was just playing around. 
Question: How would Others feel as a result?
answer:
mad at her


question:
He told me later that he had had a feeling that the girls would be coming very soon and that he had been hanging around just in case . I am so grateful that I had a supportive , familiar face ... someone I really trusted . Anyhow , they put in my epidural ( OWW ! 
Question: What's a possible reason the writer had an epidural put in ?
answer:

Because she is about to give birth .