The answer should be B.! I hope this helps!
Answer: I can help but, may you leave a link to the story?
Explanation:
Sparse: meaning thinly scattered or distributed
Phonograph: old time music producing machiene that uses records
*Homely: Plain or simple looking
*For homely, theres alot of different meanings, but thats just what i thought went with the text!
Hope this helps :-)
