Okay, for the first one the anwser is D, for the second question the answer is B.
Answer:B
Explanation: Research has been done, honeybees are endangered and if they go away then people are going to have problems, especially with agriculture. And the population of the honeybees are going down so we're gonna have a problem
I believe these parts provide direct characterization: "<span>Endowed with commonsense, as massive and hard as blocks of granite, fastened together by stern rigidity of purpose, as with iron clamps, he followed out his original design, probably without so much as imagining an objection to it."
The writer clearly and directly describes the character's personal features, as well as his internal motivation for an action. It is opposed to indirect characterization, where we can grasp the character's traits or motivation through his/her actions or speech.</span>
