Answer: The novel begins in Berlin, Germany in the 1940s
Explanation:
I’m not 100% sure on which year, but I believe it is 1942
A. Uses the vocab word incorrectly. ‘Exploit’ means to take advantage of which does not make sense in the context of the sentence (the correct word for that sentence is probably ‘explosion’).
B. Is correct because ‘esteem’ means to hold respect for.