Is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause?
Although glaciers occupy only about ten percent of the earth's land surface, they contain about seventy-five percent of its fresh water.

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.

actually the answer would be c.) jane addams worked hard to improve the lives of less fortunate people.

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