The correct answer is panicky.
The author himself says that there were a lot of things around him that made him feel nervous, or the exact word he used is - panicky. I don't know the context, however, based on this excerpt it seems that he went through something dangerous or tragic that made him feel panicky about many things around him.
Answer:
c. openness
Explanation:
Openness to experience: In psychology, the term openness to experience is one of the personality traits in the theory of Big-Five personality dimensions.
Openness to experience involves five different facets including intellectual curiosity, aesthetic sensitivity, active imagination, attentiveness to inner feelings, and preference for variety.
An individual who is high on openness to experience dimension of personality is very lively and loves to try new things in life. The person is considered as imaginative, open-minded, and curious.
In the question above, Wayne is likely to score high on openness personality dimension.
One way could be by accusing others of being witches, drawing the attention off themselves and bringing it somewhere else.
