It would be: In the middle of the night, the phone rang twice
Explanation:
This is because the other ones wouldn't make sense. Because as you can see,
in the middle of the night the phone, rang twice" Every sentence should be a complex or a compound sentence. The correct sentence should be a complex sentence where the comma determines what part of the sentence is independent or dependent. Ex: "In the middle of the night," that is the dependent part of the sentence because it needs another part to make it make sense. Because "in the middle of the night" wouldn't make sense by itself. "The phone rang twice" is an independent sentence because it makes sense by itself.
The correct punctuation would be “Although he thought that she was the best looking girl in the school, he was, understandably, afraid to talk to her.” Therefore C is the correct answer.
