Question

in this passage, the narrator talks about her memories of her mother. select the best evidence to support the statement that the narrator treasures her memories of her mother.
i only had a handful of memories, and some were blurred around the edges. i played them over and over, remembering them slowly, and then this, and then that, as if letting a sweet lozenge dissolve under my tongue. sometimes the memory would cheer me up, but often it would make me sad.
i once heard from a counselor that children can form memories earlier than age four—and even as young as two—but they forget them as they get older.
from jenny manzer, save me, kurt cobain. copyright 2016 by jenny manzer

Explanation:

To support the statement that the narrator treasures her memories of her mother, the relevant evidence is: "I only had a handful of memories, and some were blurred around the edges. I played them over and over, remembering them slowly, And then this, and then that, as if letting a sweet lozenge dissolve under my tongue." This shows she revisits the memories carefully (playing over and over, slow remembrance) and treats them tenderly (comparison to a sweet lozenge dissolving), indicating she treasures them. The part about the counselor is about memory formation/forgetting, not about treasuring her own memories of her mother.

Answer:

I only had a handful of memories, and some were blurred around the edges. I played them over and over, remembering them slowly, And then this, and then that, as if letting a sweet lozenge dissolve under my tongue.