The correct answer for that is C.
The answer is B: killing any sacred animals.
Gerunds are created out of verbs but <em>function as nouns</em>. The gerund phrase <em>killing any sacred animals</em> is the direct object of the verb avoid. Gerund phrases always start with a<em> gerund</em>, <em>always functions as a noun, and they are always subjects, objects or object complements in sentences. </em>Example of a gerund phrase as a subject: <em>Eating ice cream</em> can be a good way to cool off.
This is active communication
Barrier communication because it blocks communication between people
Passive aggressive is being rude in a nice way because they don’t feel comfortable being rude.
Effective communication would be meant for business related communications to benefit from something.
It’s probably backstory , the key word in this is “years ago” questions like this are usually backstory because of past tense words