Answer:
The theme of an excerpt is the main message the author wants to convey to the reader.
In what story is this in?
Dripped
A verb is a word that expresses an action: (she jumped into the pool - jumped being the verb) or a state of being: (an example being I am happy. Am is the verb here)
The ice cream was doing an action - it was dripping, so dripped is the verb
I think it’s the answer A