Answer: To perform magic
Explanation:
The phrase is: 'Perhaps he was shouting - but the sound did not reach me. But how the deuce had he done this? I felt like a man who has just seen a new conjuring trick.'
In this context, the word conjuring refers to performing some kind of magic trick, because the speaker uses it as a metaphor of something unexplainable at first sight. It doesn´t refer to the action of calling someone, nor bringing something to mind. Although the word 'conjuring might usually be used to refer to the summons of a spirit, in this sentence that wouldn´t make sense.
The answer is D. The title of a poem based on a piece of music that inspired it
Ponyboy, the main character, is a greaser. There are greasers and socs. Ponyboy has a lot of trouble, as he has no parents, just his brothers. One day, he gets in a fight with them, then runs away with his friend. The friend does something bad, so now they are in hiding. Later, the spot they were hiding in caught fire, and thy saved some children while getting injured. The friend broke his back, and he is in bad condition. Everything starts turning out worse, one of the other friends commits suicide. The ending is pretty good, read the book.