Using PEMDAS it would be -1 .
First you do the parentheses which equals to (-1). Then you raise it to the second power which is 1 because -1 * -1 is 1. But then you have the negative symbol on the outside so it is -1.
Answer: The sentence "Africanized honeybees are now known as killer bees for several scary but legitimate reasons" is the authors thesis.
Explanation: That was the correct answer on the test I took with the same exact question, however the reason it's correct is because the sentence states the topic and gives a preview of some of what they are gonna be talking about. And the entire article goes off of this and talks about the dangers of killer bees.
A,c,e are stimuli.
b,d are responses.
The answer is c and matter of seconds