The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "b. Soda keeps Darry and Ponyboy together." After listening to Soda's speech in the park, Ponyboy realize about Soda is that Soda keeps Darry and Ponyboy together.
Answer: plot because you are identifying the beginning middle and end
"We had passed through long walls of piled skeletons, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs."
"We are below the river's bed. The drops of moisture trickle among the bones."
Traditions must be very important, because they cease fighting over such a significant issue in order to send their mother away in the right manner of their culture.