the first is where and when and the second is theme
The correct answer is A. When the subject of a sentence is singular, add "_s" to the base form.
An easy example is "to exist", the base form is "exist" and A strawberry exists shows that you add s when a singular subject is used.
Appealsto what the reader reads!
B. One of your troop members began to cry.
It doesn't explain why he is crying, and is the most suspenseful, but one could argue it was C, because they could have going the wrong direction, but B is the most suspenseful due to the crying and emotion in it.
Hope this helps, even though I just debated aloud.
The word candles is plural.