To establish a sense of curiosity, to get them to read more
The definition of communal is "Shared by all members of a community; for common use."
I would say that their kitchen <em>is</em> communal because their "community" consists of all the roommates who use the kitchen and contribute to it. If only one person contributed to the kitchen stock, then it would not be communal.
It would be b because no you can solve the rest but 100%sure b
A) One day I had said that Italian seemed such an easy language to me that I could not take a great interest in it; everything was so easy to say. "Ah, yes," the major said.
These lines from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway, contribute to the prevailing mood of apathy in the story.