Question

Sarah stood staring at the whiteboard for an eternity. The class was over, and everyone had left for home. But, Sarah had lost the concept of time. She kept going back to the moment when she had overheard Betsy, her best friend, tell Raj that she had a crush on him.
"Betsy! Oh, Betsy! Did you forget how I felt about him?" Sarah gave words to her thoughts and buried her head in her hands. She was a wilted flower losing all hopes of spring. She hated the fact that it was a beautiful day. Buds were continuing their blooming, and birds were happily chirping on the tree outside the classroom. "Not fair!" she uttered the choked up words and felt like hiding from the world forever. That was when she felt a gentle tap on her back.
"There you are! I kept looking for you everywhere, girl," Betsy said. "Why do you look like a broken piece of a violin?"
"I heard what you said to him," Sarah responded without facing Betsy. She felt bees stinging at her eyes and volcanoes erupting from her heart. Sarah had never felt betrayal so strongly.
"Then you should be dancing," Betsy said, confused. "Raj was asking me if you had asked anyone out to prom yet because he has like the biggest crush in the universe on you! And, I told him you were waiting for him to ask. Was I not supposed to say that?"
4Question 4
The author describes Sarah as feeling "bees stinging at her eyes and volcanoes erupting from her heart" to show
A.
Sarah's upset stomach.
B.
how alone Sarah feels in class.
C.
how betrayal hurts Sarah.
D.
the allergies Sarah feels.

Answer 1

C. how betrayal hurts Sarah.

The vivid sensations ("bees stinging," "volcanoes erupting") are metaphors for intense emotional pain and turmoil caused by feeling betrayed.