The correct answer is C. In "The Things They Carried," the group of men have to find and destroy certain tunnels. One man must to go into the tunnel headfirst, a role that none of them want to do. To decide, they pull numbers, with 17 being the unlucky one. Lee Strunk pulls number 17 (equivalent to the shortest straw).
When many of the guests stayed late into the evening
The diction in this passage indicates that lee is RESOLVED.
Id Definitely Say Shocked, But More Aware.