A noun is a person, place, or thing. The nouns in this sentence are the people, the places, and the things, meaning the answer is D. Boy and girl are people, school is a place, and hands are things.
Odysseus refrains from killing the giant/cyclops because he needs him to open the cave door for him and his crew. This means that Odysseus has to wait to go on with his plan to kill the giant. This leads to the resolution of the conflict coming later then we expect.
Based on this excerpt from ARABY he have difficulty remembering why he came because he was rushed and overwhelmed. He cannot remember or he was having a difficulty to remember why he came because he was overwhelmed an rushed. The answer in this question is He was rushed and overwhelmed.