Answer:
I'm sorry, I haven't read the book myself but I can help you with numbers 1 and 3.
#1: C, Personification. The wind cannot really be angry, so it is personification.
#3: C; To describe Billy's anger. This sentence is comparing his anger to the water boiling in "Mama's teakettle".
Again, sorry I can't answer the other ones. :/
Answer: The astronomy club chose to place the telescope on the tripod.
That he has really good aim and can take down an animal with 1shot