One way to show that a statement is not a good definition is to find a counterexample. A counterexample will show that there are more views on any subject.
Explanation:
The plane will have left at eight o'clock
(B) The people of the town were amused by their new loony's unusual appearance and seemed to take delight in his performance on the minibus.
This is the best summary of the ideas of the passage, because transforming into the loony and the experiences that follow are all collected in this statement.
I believe the correct answer is B. The modifier "wearing a blue dress" is placed far from the noun which is supposed to modify - Stacey. Such as it is, it could easily be attributed to another noun, the stage. It would seem that the stage was wearing a blue dress, rather than Stacey. This is easily fixable with a comma between "stage" and "wearing".
The C and D sentences are also a little bit awkward, but they don't contain a misplaced modifier.
"<span>Despite what many think of him by the play's conclusion, Macbeth's brave and noble reputation (literally) precedes him in Shakespeare's drama. Before we even come face-to-face with Macbeth, a sergeant returns from a recent battle to directly characterize him: 'For brave Macbeth -well he deserves that name - / Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, / Which smoked with bloody execution, / Like valour's minion carved out his passage."</span>
