12. What is the exposition of a story? a. Where the action is winding down after the climax
b. The end of the story where everything is resolved
c. The most exciting part of a story; the turning point
d. The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some of the
characters

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.