At the Mall, a Shop Owner Sees Small Groups of Pre-Teen

Multiple Choice

At the mall, a shop owner sees small groups of pre-teen girls and boys arrive separately and then hang out together in a larger mixed-gender group. The shop owner is watching:

A) cliques forming into crowds.
B) crowds forming into cliques.
C) gangs forming into crowds.
D) cliques forming into one-on-one romantic relationships.