What is the adverb During the fire drill, everyone acted calmly.

calmly

Explanation:

Adverbs usually end in '-ly' and are action words. Therefore, 'calmly' is the adverb in the sentence.

3. The family has been in debt before.

Explanation:

Lou's statement shows that the family had previously mortgaged a homestead that they struggled to pay off. This is seen in his statement, "Mortgage the homestead again?" Also, the manner with which he angrily stood up and swore not to slave to pay of another mortgage also shows that the family had previously been in debt.

He felt that Alexandra wanted to kill them by making them toil to pay another mortgage. All of these pointers from the passage lead to the conclusion that Lou did not want the family to go into debt again as they had previously.