Read these sentences from paragraph 12.
"They think we're Americans now. And maybe we are! Maybe we don't belong there anymore after all."
What causes the father to make this statement?
A The father regrets leaving Panamá with his family because he now knows that his classmates are angry that he left their country and got a job.
B The class president accuses the father of thinking he is better than everyone who stayed in Panamá because the father left and became an American citizen.
C The class president suggests that American citizenship has no value.
D The father respects the class president and wants to return to Panamá.
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The correct answer is B The class president accuses the father of thinking he is better than everyone who stayed in Panamá because the father left and became an American citizen.
This statement reflects the father's internal struggle and the conflict he feels about his identity as an immigrant and what it means to be perceived as an American after having left his home country.
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