Which word from the paragraph helps the reader understand the meaning of the underlined word?

We had to muster assistance after the storm. Broken limbs and smaller branches littered the yard. Our fence had been twisted like a pretzel and shingles lay everywhere. We knew we could gather our friends in our time of crisis. Sure enough, they arrived with power tools and large equipment and we had the mess cleaned up in record time.

  A. record   B. broken   C. gather   D. help
Muster is the underlined word