A. The narrator constantly struggles between a dreamlike state and reality.
There are easily 5 beats per measure. And the quarter note gets one beat just like in 4-4 time.
So C is the answer.
The answer is A. He seems, however, to have recovered from his fright. While it should have a semi-colon instead of a comma before the "however", it is the only one that is correct. C. needs a comma after "I hope". D. does not use commas but it should have a comma after "rate". B. does not require a comma after "in".
The correct form would be "covers"
