The question is from James Baldwin's book, Notes of A Native Son and same-titled essay in the book. The author gives the details of his father's death and writes that his mother gave birth to one his sisters just before the father passed away. Therefore, the correct option is C.
We are expected to state the meaning of the underlined word. The underlined word is <u>debacle</u> and it means
To state the meaning of a chose word, it is important that we closely study the context wherein it was stated.
Since it was a tycoon that occurred, it gives the idea that something terrible causing great distress had happened.
This gives us the idea that the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word is, "a great disaster."
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The third sentence is correctly capitalized because it follows the rules of capitalization and capitalizing of a sentence.