Geese because a regular noun plural would be something like trees but since geese is not written like that, it is irregular
I think it is A and d let me know if i am wrong
in the end he survives by clinging to the overturned boat as it is washed into shallow water by the surf. Even then, he waves away a rescuer and points to the correspondent, indicating that he should be helped ashore first. The cook is described as fat and untidily dressed.