This sentence has unequal ideas joined by a subordination conjunction.
Since the ideas in the sentence imply causation (the broken pulleys caused the inability to raise the flag) it means that the ideas are unequal. It is also necessary to join them with a subordinating conjunction, which show the causality within the sentence. In this case that subordination conjunction is "because".
He is captured by a colonel who is son of Don Lupe that was killed by Juvencio. When some men are trampling on his small property he goes out to tell them not to do that when he is captured. He doesn't want to die and he says that he is not a threat to anybody because he is too old then the colonel tells his men to get Juvencio drunk.
I would go with - D. imaginative
Yes, because that’s your friend and you should always try your best to be truthful and your friend did ask for your opinion. You should tell your friend how you feel, but let her know that you don’t know their bf/gf that well so your observations could be totally wrong.