> すると、そのお母さんは「自転車で歩道を走らないで。」と言いました。_______困ると言いたそうな顔で、彼女は私を睨みました。
>
>   * A 注意させられないと
>   * B 注意させないと
>   * C 注意してあげないと
>   * D 注意してくれないと
>

I chose B because B means FORCED (させ) and HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ないと BUT it was
wrong, D is the correct answer, why is B wrong and D right?

Also for the そう, there are 2 meanings, one if you heard it from someone and
second it seems like. The seems one has to be at the end of a verb stem and
the Head it from has to be after the verb, why is this one after the verb
meaning it is the HEARD it from someone?
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B = 注意させないと vs D = 注意してくれないと - Why is B wrong and D correct?
The first clue to choosing the correct expression to go in the blank is to
note that "that mother" is the topic of the sentence because it is marked with
は

> そのお母さんは

So, unless another _actor/subject_ is explicitly expressed, the mother's
actions and thoughts are being expressed here.

The next clue is the verb 困る. Something is potentially going to _annoy_ this
mother.

Given these two clues, choices _A_ and _B_ make no sense in that position.
Whatever verb you fill in here needs to retain "mother" as the subject.
Choices _A_ and _B_ would seem to require 私 as the subject. It is not natural
to switch the subject of the verb like that in the middle of a sentence.

But this is particularly true given the next clue

> __困ると言いたそうな顔

You questioned the meaning of そう. This cannot be the _hearsay_ そう because the
grammar is incorrect for that form. If you wanted the _hearsay_ そう then the
grammar would need to be

> __困ると言いたいそうな顔

But that really makes absolutely no sense

> A face that I hear wants to say she'll be upset if ...

What's being described is a scene in which the mother is _lecturing **me**_. I
don't require "hearsay" to see the expression on her face.

So, the only two choices that make any potential sense are choices _C_ and
_D_.

_C_ takes the wrong perspective. So, the only answer that works is _D_. Keep
in mind that くれる takes the perspective of the subject being quoted. Here one
is quoting the mother's perspective--what the mother is "saying" by her facial
expression. Only in choice _D_ is it stated clearly that if you don't heed
this mother's admonishment she'll be upset.
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First, this そう has the meaning of "seems/looks" because it follows the stem of
言いたい. ～と言いたそうな顔で literally means "with a face that seems to want to say ～".
言いた is not a dictionary form of anything. Just in case, the past form of 言う is
not 言いた but 言った.

Second, in case you missed this, そのお母さん is not "this mom" but "this ma'am" in
a context like this. She's basically a stranger.

So this madam was upset and glared at 私 as if to say _something_. What's the
thing the madam wanted to say? Since D is the correct answer, the content of
言う, marked with と, is:

> 注意してくれないと困る

This doesn't have any explicit subject, but in this context, you need to be
able to infer the subjects like this:

> **(あなたが)** 注意してくれないと **(私は)** 困る  
>  If **you** don't pay attention (for the sake of me), **I** am bothered!  
>  → It bothers me if you don't pay attention!

くれる indicates the subject of 注意する is someone other than お母さん.

> 注意してくれないと困ると言いたそうな顔で、彼女は私を睨みました。
>
> (literally, with direct speech) She glared at me with a face that seemed to
> want to say "If you don't pay attention, I will be bothered".
>
> (with indirect speech) She glared at me as if to say she would be bothered
> if I wasn't more careful.

B is incorrect because no causative form is relevant in this sentence.
注意させないと困る would mean "If I won't make her/you pay attention, I will be
troubled (in the future)", but no one would say something like this directly
to a stranger they won't see again.
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