For #1 no the doll wont fit in the box because there is 12 inches in a foot 12+12+8=32 so no.#2 Yes because half of of 85 is 42.5 and 85-17.6=67.4 and that wont make it half way.
All you would have to do is plug in 5 for t since that is the time; then you would see that the height of the object after 5 seconds is 886 ft. Hope this helped!