The correct answer is A) They will suffer a similar fate.
In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath, what the narrator thinks will happen to the characters who buy his belongings is that they will suffer a similar fate. The narrator of the story feels bitter about the people it interacts within the place. People are trying to move away and are selling all their belongings. If they can't they are going to burn them. Farmlands are becoming dry and the people have to make a decision to live a better life.
The Grapes of Wrath was written by John Steinbeck and was published in 1939, and refers to the United States Great Depression. In 1962, he was awarded the Noble Prize of Literature.