2. Which of the following best describes the effect of beginning "Always to remember" with a description of the memorial competition?

A. this technique keeps the essay from being autobiography or fiction.
B. this tactic gives background for the importance of lin's achievement.
C. this technique keeps the essay from focusing too much on Lin's work.
D. this tactic gives background on the importance of architecture?

3. Which aspect of Maya Ying Lin's past, discussed in "Always to Remember" may have influenced the students interests in architecture?
A. her father was a successful ceramicist and dean of fine arts at a university.
B. growing up, she loved to read novels that discussed good and evil.
C. she was co-valedictorian at her high school graduation.
D. her parents had emigrated from China during the 1940s.

My answer are D and A