Question

Part A
What can you infer about Elena’s parents from the details she provides in “American History”? Choose the correct answer
A. They have inherited money from their parents and are quite wealthy.
B. They have found it impossible to adjust to life in the United States.
C. They spend very little time looking after Elena or taking care of her.
D. They work hard and make sacrifices in the hope of a better future.
Part B
Which question from “American History” best supports the answer to Part A? Choose the correct answer
A. Since I had turned fourteen my mother had been more vigilant than ever. She acted as if I was going to go crazy or explode or something if she didn't watch me and nag me all the time. . . .
B. My mother was unhappy in Paterson, but my father had a good job at the bluejeans factory in Passaic and soon, he kept assuring us, we would be moving to our own house there.
C. I had learned to listen to my parents' dreams, which were spoken in Spanish, as fairy tales, like the stories about life in the island paradise of Puerto Rico before I was born.
D. I would hear them talking softly in the kitchen for hours that night. . . . [T]hey would talk sadly about the young widow and her two children, as if they were family.

Answer 1

Part A: D. They work hard and make sacrifices in the hope of a better future.

Part B: B. "My mother was unhappy in Paterson, but my father had a good job at the bluejeans factory in Passaic and soon, he kept assuring us, we would be moving to our own house there." This line shows the father's steady work and the family's plans/sacrifices for a better future.