If by the statement you mean the main idea, or the argument, presented by the author, which the essay argues for this would be 1) thesis. Thesis is a statement that someone proposes and tries to defend and prove.
If I am correct, you are referring to the story "the night thoreau spent in jail". If this is the case, then the correct answer is 4. (He's a fugitive)
Answers for questions 36 through 39.
36-D. It allowed him to add less-common shapes into his design.
37-A. They explain a way of thinking that allowed an obstacle to be overcome.
38-C. Project succeeded in part because of luck.
39-D. The wide spread amazement felt about it.
Cause she realized ian was trying to trick nah nah to say something foolish? I think thats right...
