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Hi, the answer would be D - direct object. It cannot be the subject, because the subject of the sentence is "the essay". It isn't object of a preposition, as there is no preposition there. It is not a possessive, and given that this adjectival clause is a part of "the mountain", which is a direct object, it must be a direct object as well.
C) Neither of the boys had his shoes on.
The correct answer is Neither of the boys had his shoes on. This is the only answer in which the pronoun ("his") matches the antecedent ("Neither").