Hi!
The word straits, in this case, means a troubling situation. It is a synonym with the word crisis, therefore i believe your answer is B. Crisis
Hope this helps :)
I’ll say honesty for this type of question
If one of the students left their book on the table then ask all of the student if they left a book on the table.
it is foreshadowing since the clocks where seen in the beginning and then showed up later in the movie.