Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of the awakening. she had not much of anything to say to her father, for that matter; but he did not antagonize her. she discovered that he interested her, though she realized that he might not interest her long; and for the first time in her life she felt as if she were thoroughly acquainted with him. which statement best summarizes the explicit message in the excerpt?

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.

what are the phrases to choose from?

i think the answer might compound

the two sonnets of sidney most closely follows the division between the octave and the sestet are the astrophel and stella sonnets.