I think this is the Rising action
Answer is A, because they both superstitiously believe Friday is unlucky
He does it beacuse he fears a hurricane. The excerpt that supports this part is:
Then up and spake an old Sailòr, Had sailed to the Spanish Main,
"I pray thee, put into yonder port,
For I fear a hurricane.
Henry Ford integrated a number of earlier ideas into a practical process for making automobiles.
