Please help with this cross word puzzle its for the hungry games

In the story "a very old man with enormous wings", why does the young girl get changed into a spider?

Which is the best contrast between the heracles myth and christopher reeve's life story? a. the mythical heracles and christopher both endured many trials calling on their reserves of strength and character. b. christopher reeve was injured on a horse, but heracles fought a bear. c. heracles' journey into the dark world of the afterlife pales beside christopher reeve's real-life struggle against grief and depression. d. heracles wasn't real but christopher reeve was.

On page 7 hillenbrand writes when history carried him into war, resilient optimism would define him how is louie resilient ? wht does it mean to define him ? use strongest evidence from the book to support your answer