Why doesn't timothy tell phillip the truth about their predicament on the cay?

a.
he doesn't trust phillip.

b.
he is trying to take advantage of phillip.

c.
he doesn't want phillip to lose hope.

d.
he wants phillip to pitch in with the work.

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.

what is the question that you are asking