Ate the insects I believe is the simple predicate in the sentence.
The parents may feel that slavery is okay to a certain extent because there parents raised them that way and they May have grandparents that owned some "slaves." Now children's attitudes might be different because nowadays you encounter lots of nationalities and races in the USA and were starting to adapt and open up to them wanting to know more about what they do or why they do something different than you might do.
The world would be a much happier place because if everyone helped each other there would be much happier people knowing that other people have their back and are willing to help each other. An act of kindness will help the community be better because even if you do one small little thing for one person they might be motivated to start helping other people and so on.
I would say D. because of how scrawny is a negative word.
An example:
Skinny, thin<span>, and slender</span><span>. </span><span>These three words all mean having less weight on one's body than what might be considered average. But the connotations differ since the suggested meanings of </span><span>skinny </span><span>and </span>thin <span>are often more negative than </span>slender<span>, with </span>skinny potentially the most negative of the three<span>.
It is the same for scrawny, thin, petite, and little. </span>
I THINK it might be almost but im not sure