Question

in the following passage, jaden compares his foster mother penni to penni’s sister, catherine. select the best evidence to support the statement that penni will overlook the faults of family members.

catherine was kind of strange because she was so different from penni. jaden had to admit that penni was a nice person... but catherine was less than nice. much less. but penni refused to see this because of \the importance of family.\ the importance of family was one of penni’s themes. penni told him that the more family who loved him, the better. jaden didn’t even know for sure what anyone meant when they used the word \love.\ was it like an electrical charge that developed between two people? he didn’t know.

from cynthia kadohata, half a world away. copyright 2014 by cynthia kadohata

Explanation:

To support the statement that Penni will overlook the faults of family members, we look for evidence showing Penni ignoring negative traits of a family member (Catherine here). The sentence "But Penni refused to see this because of 'the importance of family'" (where "this" refers to Catherine being less than nice) shows Penni overlooks Catherine's faults due to family importance.

Answer:

But Penni refused to see this because of "the importance of family."