How did joyce organize the fifteen stories in dubliners?

Joyce organized the stories by the age of the protagonists.

Explanation:

Dubliners is a collection of stories about Irish middle class at the beginning of 20th century.

James Joyce, the author, decided to divide the collection of fifteen stories into three different sections related to the age of the protagonists. The first section dealt with childhood, the second one with adolescence and the last section focused on maturity.

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.