A. Adjective phrase
"of the crying boys" describes the mother. She was the mother of the crying boys. And it certainly does not describe the verb looked.
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It would show exactly how the man is feeling. And how he would react to a certain situation
It means which product is greater (bigger) so it would be (-4) because they're both negative numbers but (-4) is greater because it is closer to zero or to positive numbers.