Answer:
His mother would have to return to her father house.
A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Now, you simply have to find the simile, and think about how you can interpret it. Since you did not attach the excerpt I can’t answer but at least this is how to do it.
I think the answer may be “it helps the reader understand how precise the dive was”
