The correct answer is A. Pat hung her head without speaking a word.
Indirect characterization means that a character is described implicitly - the author did not directly say what a character is like, but rather we as readers have to infer based on their behavior and what they say. Therefore, C is incorrect because that is direct characterization; and B and D are incorrect because they are not characterization at all. Based on A, we can infer that Pat is sad or upset, which is why (s)he is described indirectly.
The word <em>"scores"</em> in this context is indicating groups of twenty people or things, it is a figurative expression in order to make emphasis about a high quantity. In this case, it is showing that a great deal of people were paying attention to the woman in the crowd.
There is never enough time to do the things he wants to do. He is trying to pick a fight with Emmy and the twins. He thinks time is a tyrant that he can't control. His father spends a lot of time at work.
