The answer is B. ISOLATED
They lack the ability to be included in what is going on around them because they cannot hear what is going on at times. Isolated means closed off, alone, separated.
<span>Simile: "And having done this little act of kindness, she began to feel like a mother to him."</span><span>The metaphor "The spring murmured drowsily beside him..."</span>
brawn- strength (strong)
exploit- to make use of for your own advantage
divert- cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.
The implicit meaning in the line "now I'm someone who watches tractor pulls on obscure cable channels" is that, though an Indian immigrant, in some ways she feels very integrated into American society. The main contextual clue in the line is "tractor pulls" because tractor pulling is a kind of competition that one would not think is popular in India, but it is kind of motorsport competition that is popular in the United States. The fact that the speaker is watching this competitions on cable channels lets the reader know that she has adopted some american cultural customs.
I think you need to pick a different book....
