I would say A) festering. process of elimination can exclude b and d. So between a and c, a works best.
Answer:
Ending a pregnancy is a common decision that millions of people make – every year a quarter of pregnancies end in abortion.
undertaken by a trained health-care provider in sanitary conditions, abortions are one of the safest medical procedures available, safer even than child birth. They estimate that 25 million unsafe abortions take place each year, the vast majority of them in developing countries.
That’s one rule you can search up the passage and look for context clue in it.
Answer: d
Explanation: Douglass stands up to Covey and is surprised that Covey doesn't fight back
