The answers to your questions are,
A. Deductive; Inductive
-Mabel <3
Answer:
to tell the degree at which the stone fell.
Sentiences 3 and 8 because they express emotional thought other than fact. For sentence three, using "terrible waste" can be debateable and shows more of an opinion. And sentence 8, by using "shouldn't" showing its still a posssiby something can or can not happen.
To entertain. The books are literally a fantasy series. I suppose it also helped her through her depression and such, but her actual purpose was to entertain and teach some morals suck as the importance of friendship.