1. in her introduction to stiff, mary roach remarks that "death makes us polite."why is
it that we're compelled to use polite language when discussing death? why are we often afraid
to discuss it in the way roach has done here?

I would say the most likely question would be "Will Luma speak to Fornatee and allow him back onto the team?" The reason is because she told him to go away when she was assigning team positions but then when he asked her if he could speak to her after she agreed so it left the outcome up in the air.