I would choose B, but that's my opinion, so it's probably different from yours.
        
             
        
        
        
You didnt provide us the information for the book..?
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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Complete Subject (just to be sure): Several of the forwards on the team
Simple Subject: forwards 
Verb: commended
It's plural.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
There are many ways to describe thunder such as using similes or metaphors and onomatopoeia. Some examples: The thunder boomed as loud as a stereo. The thunder was a gunshot to my ears.
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I have a feeling that the answer is A.
I'm not sure though, I don't know the story