This question has two parts. what point of view is used in this excerpt? what is the effect of this point of view? steve knew his argument with benjy had been foolish, and he just wanted it to be over. why does he have to be so stubborn, sitting there with his arms crossed? steve thought to himself. for his part, benjy was thinking much the same thing. he couldn’t even remember what they had been arguing about. he wondered how long he would have to wait before steve stopped acting so foolishly.

In this excerpt the author uses the third person omniscient point of view as a method to tell a story. This point of view allows the reader to know all the characters’ feelings and emotions. In the text we can find examples where the writer describes the feelings of both characters, giving the reader a deeper understanding of the story. The examples are “Steve knew his argument with Benjy had been foolish”, “For his part, Benjy was thinking much the same thing.”

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.