In James Thurber "The Night the Bed Fell", what starts confusion is the army cot the narrator sleeps in collapsing on him.
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A context clue occurs when you don't know a word, or one of its meanings, but the entire text, or another word in the same sentence, presents you with a context that allows you to understand what the unknown word represents.
In the case of your question, you should look for a word in the sentence that is related to the word "mission" and that is contextualizing it. Esssa is the context clue.
Answer:
c. to dedicate the nation to pursuing the whole effort from the start !
Explanation: i got it right on the test and it makes sense more than the others :)