1. The number is between 7/7 = 1 and 14/7 = 2. You have marked the appropriate choice.
2. Comparing different fractions can be done several ways. one way is to convert them to decimal number of appropriate precision. Here, that might be
... -0.33 ? -0.40
-0.33 will be farther to the right on the number line so is greater than -0.40.
... -1/3 > -2/5
3. When the factors keep their order, but the parentheses are moved, the Associative Property of Multiplication is involved.