The climax of the story occurs when
a. aileen has her own pup, completing her happiness.
b. aileen leaves her mother to be taken to a new home.
c. aileen is discovered by the little girl as she hides in the garret.
d. aileen saves the baby from the fire in the nursery.

you need to include the text. we have no idea what you are referring to

true. the definition explains it: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. this is a dictionary definition that i have looked up in a dictionary.