The Mall? not much of a context here... so i’m just saying a setting
A. Because C and D indicate things you shouldn't do when locating underlined words and for B there may not be any directions that go along with the underlined text
A theme is the message conveyed in the text
Answer:
All you have to do is look at whats happening in the novel right now! And ask yourself what do you think will happen next in the book so it doesn't have to be right just put down what you think will happen next :)