Answer:
It is a remote place.
Explanation:
Although there is no precise reference to the text, <em>"the middle of nowhere" is a phrase representing a very remote and usually isolated place.</em> So, the narrator and his family must think that his dad's home is far away from them and possibly far away from civilization, hence they call it "the Middle of Nowhere".
I believe the answer is D) to show that he had lingered so long by the door, the wife felt that he had been there more than an entire day.
2)She believes that Creon is cruel and is going to punish her no matter what.