D. A fictional person
Memoir- personal narrative, about a real story that happened therefore there are no fictional (fake, made up) characters.
my favorite is classical such as Beethoven's lacrimosa. because it is calming ans sweet.
The part of the text that relates to this does not show, but anyway the answer would be:
They were not being successful in getting results from what they had planted, so it appeared like there was not way to avoid the population from going hungry/starving.
Famine = starvation, going hungry
Inevitable = unavoidable, impossible to prevent
