Which word could replace the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph?

max's new puppy would *whimper* unless max let it sleep with a teddy bear that played music. max hardly slept between the puppy's noise and having to wind up the teddy bear. max was relieved when his mom said the puppy could sleep with him. the puppy slept quite peacefully to the music of max's snoring.

a.
bark

b.
howl

c.
whine

d.
run

underlined word is whimper