Shortages affect people in a variety of ways. If there is a shortage of food many people can die from starvation. If the is a shortage of water (a drought) many people can not only die but no one will be able to bathe and the animals can suffer from dehydration. On the other hand, a surplus is entirely different.
You could say/act why she is in a road trip. Like her backstory about her parents not being there for her, or her family never appreciated of her, so maybe that's why she wanted to tAke a road trip. She need to get her thought out and in the open
The answer is A because in the last part of the show They has to split both ways.