Not Hyperbole, not Idiom, not Metaphor, so it must be Personification
3. dreamlike tone in the poem
A self-possessed person is one who is very assured of his or her own capabilities, is quite calm and collected, and just generally cool.
Having this in mind, the way that the character of the niece can be described is B. confident.
The other options don't make much sense here.
1. A.
2. B
Napoleon lies to the animals about whose idea it was for the windmill while also criticizing Snowball and boosting his reputation.