Answer: Disapproval
Explanation: After replacing the word "reproaches" with "disapproval made sense. Also, when the sentence states "the criticism of her friends", it basically gave the answer away.
A. Climax, where the story reaches the highest point of tension or interest
I will go with c. I am not sure as I have not read the book yet, but I will read. I am sorry if you get this wrong.
I think what is trying to say is that why did the sailors at that time have more reasonable fears then nowadays about exploring. The saliors didnt have the have advanced technonlogy that we have to go somewhere and know where we are going and what lay ahead of us in that direction. The question also wants you to connect it to find evidence that will back up your answer into why are the fears they had acceptable to them unlike today.