<span>She was sick of segregation
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The answer is C because a compound direct object is a group of more than one noun and pronoun so because C is the that more than one noun or pronoun it is the answer.
I think it depends on what the risks, the situation, what the potential outcome is, and whoever you are asking and their morals. If you are in war and 50 old people, like in their 90s, are captured and the risks are you losing 10 out of the 30 men to get them, than that is not a good risk to take, not to be heartless or anything.