What does minerva mean when she says she re

She is comparing the country to a cage, meaning she believes that she is not free within that country.

Explanation:

I do not know the context but that is what seems to make sense to me.

they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

the answer is a.

explanation:

the clause "looking toward the south" modifies "a funnel cloud." it's not really the cloud that's "looking," but grammatically, that clause is modifying the cloud.