The answer is C, adverb I believe
A fable is not a real story, usually a fable contains a moral tale. Example - the scorpion and the frog.
A satire uses humor, an irony to ridicule people- talks about politics and major topics. An example of Satire is Bill, Maher.
Answer:
1: Never are students allowed to use dictionaries in the test.
2: Never could Mary have given you any money.
3: No sooner than he came home, the problem intensified.
4: Only occasionally does Sharon talk to me these days.
5: Under no circumstances are you to talk to him about any issue.
Work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole.
Questions like this are difficult to answer without more context, although there are some clues about the symbolism in this brief excerpt. You can read the whole short story here: http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/AL/MobileCounty/TheodoreHigh/Uploads/Forms/Reading_Packet_with_Text_-_The_Rockpile_by_James_Baldwin_-_20150323.pdf
In the story, boys are always getting hurt. Some boys are afraid to play there because it is dangerous. The provided passage also talks about fighting and danger. If this were my assignment, I would choose C) It shows its dangers.