Answer:
Feeling mistreated, Tom resolves to act on his earlier impulse to become a pirate. He meets Joe Harper, who is likewise disaffected because his mother has wrongly accused and punished him for stealing cream.
Explanation:
Misfortune in this sentence basically means bad luck, or bad timing. It is something bad that the man could not control.
Answer: Choice A
Explanation: While Rosa Parks is mentioned quite a bit, she is not the main focus of the paper, and as the title states, it is about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.