Oops, you forgot the little passage but I have this packet too! :)
A. She was a public leader of a reform movement.
Dix was a leader of reforms for the treatment of the mentally ill. In the passage, she is mentioned as an expectation because she take a leadership role in her reform movement.
Mr Hyde uses a walking stick or cane. So the answer is (a)
You are correct in saying that it is y, for instance pygmy.
