It is exclamation point because it is an abrupt remark or like a suprise
There are many, but with my research he did not want them to steal the ship. He lied to protect himself.
The answer is B, "A spur of the moment dance performed for a small group of people."
The excerpt posted above is actually taken from the novel "The Rice Sprout Song" which was written by Eileen Chang. And based on the excerpt above, how the underlined words invoked a sense of place and time is that it refers to the Chinese Nationalist victory. This novel was written by the author in the communist China. The answer would be the last option.
