Read this line from "Raccoon Olympics." I had seen raccoons before, staring shiny-eyed into the beam of my flashlight and skulking down storm drains, but never up close, in daylight. How does the word skulking affect the meaning of this sentence? It suggests that raccoons are excellent swimmers. It suggests that raccoons are very quick and agile creatures. It suggests that raccoons move in a sneaky way to stay out of sight. It suggests that raccoons are extremely noisy animals.​

It suggests that raccoons move in a sneaky way to stay out of sight.

Explanation:

The definition of skulking is "to move stealthily".  

a, a knight

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.