Hence letter B is the correct answer. Hence
Answer:
B. They have a tendency to talk about themselves.
Explanation:
According to the stated paragraph and sentence, the narrator mentions how he and his cousins won't stop talking about themselves as they try to keep up the illusion by mentioning names and casting fringes on their family connection.
Therefore, the narrator suggests that he and his cousins have a tendency to talk about themselves.
I believe you answer is the third option, oxymoron
Answer: they found the charge and trouble very great, and they had little or no crop
Explanation:
An understatement is when a situation is represented lesser than what it actually is. This is done in order to be polite or for an ironic effect.
The oassge simply tells us about how the plowing process was done. In this case, it was expected to be successful but in the end it wasn't which can be seen in the lines that "they found the charge and trouble very great, and they had little or no crop".
It was a disaster and it was an understatement as the severity of the situation wasn't really explained as it was lessened.