The correct answer is:
A. how helpless Odysseus’s men are in the clutches of the Cyclops.
A simile is a figure of speech that involves the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. in this case "like squirming puppies " describes how helpless and indefense were Odysseu's men in the clutches of the Cyclops.
