Meager means scarce, in that there was not much available for them to eat. Therefore, they were starving and desperate for the next town to stock up.
Others perceive Mrs. Mallard as weak because of her heart condition.
A. He is arrested for simply going for a walk
The answer is most likely C, can a robot dominated government run a human society. The assumption here is that robots already have dominated human kind. Because of their machine intelligence, they don't feel like humans do and therefore persecute those who are against the government. This shows a dystopian universe.
