The tense is all mixed up, but it looks like present is used most often, so "emitted" should be changed to "emits" and "pulled" should be changed to "pulls." I can't see the entire paragraph so just make sure that's consistent.
You don't need a comma in "running towards us with the fire extinguisher."
"Your mother and me" should be "Your mother and I." For reference try taking our "your mother" - it sounds pretty silly to say "me thinks" unless you're in the 1600s, right? And it should be "think" instead of "thinks."
Embankment refers to a long artificial bank built to retain water, or to support a road.
The answer is option C: It specifies that the freedoms granted by the Emancipation Proclamation apply only in rebel states.
The Emancipation Proclamation was the announcement made by President Lincoln through which all black slaves from the rebel states in the South were granted freedom. The fifth paragraph enumerates those rebel states together with the exceptions that are excluded from the Proclamation.
Swifty: (adj) move with great speed
Petite:A category of clothes for ladies with less than average height
opment (Orpiment): Arsenic trisulfide
