The purpose of focus points is to maintain a person more concentrated on the important parts of something
I'm not sure what your options are so heres this. Hope it helps :)
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Arronax is moved by Nemo's fervor as he speaks about the name Avenger. Arronax recognizes that Nemo's presence in the water was caused by "wrath, either hideous or glorious." For the time being, Arronax promises us that he will soon find the source of Nemo's rage, but he is distracted by a faint booming sound. He climbs to the platform, where Ned and Conseil are already standing, and looks out towards the ship Arronax in the distance, which he had seen earlier. The boys notice that it's a battleship, but they can't tell whose nation it belongs to because there isn't a flag visible anywhere.
I think it's be D or A. Personally I'd choose D. Hope this helps.
Answer:
I find the word 'boondoggle' unusual. Since 'boondoggle' means 'a useless or wasteful project', I'd predict that they wasted time on planning a project that didn't work or didn't seem to cohere to what they were trying to do. But relating to an essay about the American space program, I'd say that they use the term boondoggle because people might have thought that the American space program were wasting time on exploring space when they still have a lot to learn on earth.
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Try to change up the words so the teachers don't find out that you're plagarising, because I put this as my answer. Hope this helps though!