A flash forward is generally used as a glimpse into the future or when one of the characters is imagining what they future may bring. They are also sometimes used to reveal events that have yet to take place, but will come about in the story at some point in greater detail.
Your first option, "I have taken all the stress I can stand.", is a line of dialogue.
Dialogue is speaking/talking. The second and last options cannot be examples of dialogue because they are not being spoken (you can tell by the lack of quotation marks).The third option is also incorrect because it is what is written, as it says "the study reported" (the study does not speak). Therefore, the first option is correct.
The answer is B. Keep prices of foreign imports close to the price of domestic goods
Question 1 - both are overly greedy
question 2 - the author made the James character somewhat of a hoarder