Which comment MOST FULLY represents a clear understanding of this passage? A) It seems that astronauts on this mission really enjoy each other's company and are actually close friends. B) It is obvious that before any mission, there is much planning for the emotional and physical well being of astronauts. C) Any individual who wishes to be an astronaut must realize that little to no contact with family members is an unpleasant necessity. D) Clearly, the workers at the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas have lived and worked on previous International Space Stations.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive