It means your teacher want to know were you got your information from
I believe that as a child he was wounded by the tusk of a wild boar when he was out hunting with some relatives (grandfather and uncle), and that wound left a scar on him.
It compares the hinges with something unfamiliar and scary.
Explanation:
A simile is a method for comparison of a thing with something different. It creates a realistic feeling to the situation, imagined or visualized distinctively.
Let us read the sentence from the story, as mentioned by the author.
"I pulled the heavy double doors open; the hinges squeaked like a platoon of lost ghosts."
The squeaky sound of the hinges because the door had not been used for a long time. The narrator is unfamiliar with what lies behind the door.
The hinges, compared to a platoon of lost ghosts, give a scary feeling to the sentence.
Hence, the answer is the second answer choice -
It compares the hinges with something unfamiliar and scary.
before "The people"
On the sidewalk, the people stared at the fast-moving car.
The sentence keeps meaning and makes sense.
