I believe the answer you're looking for is C. Hope this helps!
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Answer: 4. Littluns</h3>
The proof of this is at the sentence at the top of the paragraph that contains the passage your teacher gave you. The sentence I'm referring to is this:
<em>The smaller boys were known now by the generic title of “littluns.”</em>
Then later on in that same paragraph is when your passage shows up. So effectively much of that paragraph is talking about littluns
The goal is zero means that there are no goals for anything. Hope this helps