So, a possessive noun is usually used to indicate who or what has something, like "The Dogs' ball."
To change this form of children,plural, to a possessive noun, you will want to add an apostrophe, and then an s. It changes to this:
Children's
Decides what the central ideas are
The answer is A. his embarrassment about the cause of his beloved father's death.
The story revolves around Jerome's father dying because he was crushed by a pig that fell from a balcony. Jerome used to idolize his father, perhaps partially because he also lost his mother when he was very young and his father was the only parent he had. As he grew older, he realized people's reactions to this event was laughter. He became embarrased, and this caused him angst.
A, analyze because you are thinking about the events and the character trying to understand the story.