It would be to persuade if you remember PIE (persuade, inform entertain).
4) is attending, is the answer!
So the positive mess would be facing your fears and reducing your anxiety. The negative message would be avoiding certain situations, will cause you to miss out or stop doing things you want and need.
He did it because they were socs and he's a greaser, and he knew messing with them would get them agitated. I think he did it to make fun of them.
An adverb phrase can tell you "how", "when", or "where" something happened. Here it's "In colonial days" - answer B. Adverb phases modify verbs, and here what is modified is "were"
