What is meant by the following metaphor:
"the students were vultures circling the new student."?
a. the students swarmed the student in hopes of being friends.
b. the students were sizing up the new student by standing around and staring.
c. the students were afraid of the new student so they kept their distance.
d. the students were waiting on the right time to approach the new student.

answer: im sorry but thats not school related.

explanation:

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.