The answer is definitely: "And so it piled up to the ceilings" since the author is using exaggeration as a literary technique to make the situation seem even worse than it is.
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Both explain what the caption fears will happen which is gonna be answer D stranded
I would say A is the right one
I feel like there should be one more option, but if there is not, I would go with the second option:They believed Indians to be primitive people with superstitious beliefs and practices.
Answer:
b flashback, c characters, d setting