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A) an explanation of the Dust Bowl and the causes of dust storms
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I think, could be wrong but it makes sense
Answer: I would contend that the right answer is actually "to fake."
Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that one of the meanings of the verb to affect is to feign, which can be translated as to pretend or to give a false appearance of something. If the character was trying to "conceal certain inconvenient emotions" which, nevertheless, "seemed inclined to assert themselves" by affecting high spirits, he was, therefore, faking those high spirits, in order to hide his true feelings from the people who had just arrived.
B because a family struggle is the type of the archetypal story
Yes because you are stating what and who he is which are two different things. It needs two different commas.