"mankind was my business"
I believe it is My Sisters which would be choice A
Maybe add some sounds and general stupidity of the character like; He heard an eery noise come from the cabin but was too tired to think anything of it and continued towards the cabin.
Answer:
B, "is situated"
Explanation:
Process of elimination:
A: The Oval Office is in the White House today, so the sentence should not be in the past tense.
C: This is not grammatically correct. The sentence needs a verb of a tense of "to be" like "is" or "was".
D: This is not grammatically correct. The sentence needs a verb of a tense of "to be" like "is" or "was". Also, since the Oval Office is singular, the word would be situates instead of situate anyway.