I would say (b) planning a response
Answer:
What paragraph?
Explanation:
I don't see any story/text.
NO NO NO it is completely wrong that on Halloween the spirits of the dead can walk among us
Answer: The boy has many types of snakes in his back yard. The simple subject may be boy?
Explanation: "have" would be used in a sentence with a singular subject, but this is referring to "snakes", which is plural. Also, when I went through schooling I was not taught what a simple subject was but I googled it and can only assume that it would be boy in this question.
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Answer:
It figuratively means that the speaker is too busy working on his/her own things and making them better and cannot focus or help someone else.