I'm assuming that the underlined word is answer and i think its transitive. but i'm not completely sure.
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I'm thinking Huck Finn, and Of Mice and Men are similar, just by the dialogue, if not by the mannerisms of some of the characters.
I don't know if that answers the question but, hey; I tried. :-/
Pre-disaster planning saves lives.
That would probably the way the sentence flows and the tone