The beastie:
A)Likely does exist and is a real threat to the boys.
B)Is likely just something the young boys think they saw because they are afraid.
C)Is a giant snake that ate the boy with the birthmark at the end of the second chapter.
D)Jack kills at the end of the second chapter

answer is B the story is that the beastie is imaginary and is the boys themself their own fear.

Explanation:

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

if you don't mind posting the paragraph so i could read it that would a lot. (;