It's not an adverb, I seen it on the question I missed on Edgenuity. Teacher told me that it's not an adverb, but is is a noun. So the correct answer would be A: Noun
“The Wives of the Dead” was first published in 1832 in The Token, an annual, along with three other stories, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux,” “The Gentle Boy,”
Due to English punctuation eating is just an action where a drink is something like a soda and a action. A eat is not a meal or anything that can be consumed.