Yes.
Of course some potential factors such as bigotry, biased health care providers, and insults form others can impact one’s well being. But they can totally live a normal life.
Yes you are supposed to take a slight pause after saying the phrase "As Previously mentioned"
In the first chapter we establish how this civilization functions. The boys shot down over the
tropical island where the novel takes place, so you may visualize this island, whatever you feel like picturing there, it doesn't just have to be the thing written. I would for example imagine the smell of the sea. The boys are between civilization and savagery here and that is the main conflict in the novel.
I'm pretty sure it's A. some