Which choice best summarizes the excerpt??

I think its B: "The whale is farther up in the distance, but the sailors can see its high hump" but I'm not completely sure.

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.

i think its c

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