The actor and producer ___ is/are making a new film now.

Explanation:

When two nouns are joined by' and' and refer to the same person, the subject agrees with singular verbs.Hence, only one article is used for both nouns:

But, if the nouns refer to different persons,the verb is plural.Hence, the article comes to individual nouns.

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.