Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
Jim Crow laws were based on the theory of white supremacy and were a reaction to Reconstruction. In the depression-racked 1890s, racism appealed to whites who feared losing their jobs to blacks.
Since Edward has used a descriptive language to draw the attention of audience it is always a way which fuels curiosity and desperation and same happened with the audience of Edward, they got desperate and confused.
Edward has painted the image of God as a ruthless guard who at any time is ready to punish and humanity a bunch of creature whom God does not love as creature but He has the scale of punishment only.
The answer to your question is b
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When he gets back to the line, all the food are gone, except one grape. I think the incorrect verb in this sentence is "is" because in using "all" in a sentence it represent plural form of a subject and the correct verb to be use is also a plural. So the answer is "are".