Question

in this passage, a boy named jethro works outside with his mother. select the best evidence to support the statement that jethro doesnt let others stress bother him. it was a fine morning; many people around him were troubled, he knew...adults were usually troubled. there were chinch bugs and grasshoppers, months of drought, elections, slavery, secession, talk of war—the adult world of trouble, though, was not real enough to dim the goodness of an april morning. at about seven oclock a team and wagon pulled out of the barnyard... he watched the wagon from the corner of his eye as he worked, and when the team started coming down the road toward the potato patch, he put the heavy bag of cuttings aside and raced across the field to the roadside. from irene hunt, across five aprils. copyright 1964 by irene hunt

Explanation:

To support that Jethro doesn't let others' stress bother him, the relevant evidence is from the first paragraph: "There were chinch bugs...the adult world of trouble, though, was not real enough to dim the goodness of an April morning." This shows that despite the adults' troubles (like drought, slavery, war talk), Jethro still focuses on the good of the morning, meaning others' stress doesn't bother him.

Answer:

The best evidence is: "There were chinch bugs and grasshoppers, months of drought, elections, slavery, secession, talk of war—the adult world of trouble, though, was not real enough to dim the goodness of an April morning."