Answer:
b the title
Explanation: because the title basically tells you what its about
Answer: The pain would be much felt especially having a family you have created taken away I would likely feel pain, heartache, and anger.
Explanation: ...
Fervent, intent, purposeful, determined, industrious, ambitious. Earnest, resolute,serious
A pronoun can substitute a noun or a noun phrase. Among the options above only C. him and D. They are pronouns: stories is a noun and many could be a pronoun if is was standing alone, but here it is a part of a noun phrase.
C. him is singular, so the right answer is D. They
To shirk means to avoid doing something.
So, if there are any choices, I'd choose that someone would be tempted to shirk a difficult task, or something you just don't feel like doing.