<em>The city that begun as a lumber mill and became the largest city in Eastern Washington is: "none of the above."</em>
None of the cities mentioned as an option fit the characteristics stated in the question. The cities in the Eastern Washington territory began as small settlements that due to farming and trade were growing until more people came and settled in.
Traute Grier explained her experiences as her being scared of the Russians. She felt nothing could ever be worse than falling into the hands of her Russian enemies that had, just three years prior, taken down Berlin. She is telling this in first person point of view, reliving her own experiences.
"2. Are you writing naturally and academically?" would be the best option. The rest of the answers seem more like revisions to grammatical errors rather than the voice of the essay.