B) Surfers surf all winter long in Southern California wet suites keep them warm.
B. Fortunato hopes Montresor is playing a joke on him.
Congress passed it to encourage people to move and settle west. they promised free land, and they knew that people would rush to claim it. The 1862 Homestead Act accelerated settlement of U.S. western territory by allowing any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.
I think it is accent marks and re-spelling because they always have accent marks when they are trying to help you pronounce the word and they help you recognize what letters to pronounce how to pronounce them.