According to the author how is the family's last hope of staying in the camp extinguished?
a. the atomic bomb that fell on hiroshima
b. the report that woody is missing in action overseas
c. the news that u. s. forces are planning a japanese occupation
d. mama's seriously deteriorating health

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.