German submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger ships without warning a in a last-ditch effort to win the war b in protest of the British Blockade of Germany c when the United States entered the war d in an effort to keep the United States out of the war

assuming that you are talking about the one in egypt: hecka oil

explanation:

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

source:

d. dr. francis collins