The literary device used here is C, 'personification'. That literary device is used when you are trying to make an inanimate object come to life, such as here - 'evil forest was alive'.
Answer: He was not homesick.
Explanation: I took the assignment on edge
1. Full of or showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight
2. Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment
3. Of a voice) rough and low in pitch.
4. To give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression
5. Thinly dispersed or scattered.
6. Wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial. or, cover or envelop so as to conceal from view.
7. A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.
8. (of animals, especially snakes, or their parts) secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting
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