The easiest way to remember is Superlative or “super” is the best, right? Therefore, superlative is -est, like best, largest, greatest. Comparative is the -er. Therefore, that is more, larger, or greater. The answer, then, is B, as C simply and adjective this is neither comparative nor superlative.
It's been a while since I've read the book and I don't really a lot of the context, so just from this passage I would say it says he notices nice houses and other people's wealth and maybe envies them a little bit. (although you don't get that explicitly from this passage.)
C. might be the correct answer.
Who would be correct if you read the sentence and fill in the blank
