Which example of sensory imagery from the excerpt best shows that doodle is upset about the death of the scarlet lbis?

a. he took out a piece of string from his pocket and, without touching the scarlet lbis, looped one end around his neck

b. slowly, while singing softly "shall we gatherat the river." he carried the bird around to the front yard and dug a hole in the flower garden, next to the petunia bed.

c. when doodle came into the dining room, he found us seriously eating our cobbler.

d. he was pale and lingering just inside the screen door.

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?