Question

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.

periodically, trujillo would demand a tribute, and they would acquiesce. a tax, a dummy vote, a portrait on the wall. to my father and other men in the country, the most humiliating of these tributes was the occasional parade in which women were made to march and turn their heads and acknowledge the great man as they passed the review stand.

if you did not march, your cédula would not be stamped, and without a stamped identification card, you could do nothing; in particular, you could not obtain your passport to leave the country under the pretext of wanting to study heart surgery. this was the second escape—this time with his whole family—that my father was planning

the day came when my mother had to march.

which statement best explains how the author develops the central idea throughout the passage?

○ alvarez shows that the parades were embarrassing but were not a serious matter.
○ alvarez shows that trujillo enjoyed it when people paid attention to him.
○ alvarez shows that refusing to obey trujillos requests could be dangerous.
○ alvarez shows that women played an important part in political life.

Explanation:

• For the first option: The passage shows the tributes (including parades) were humiliating and had serious consequences (like affecting cédula stamping), so saying parades were not a serious matter is incorrect.
• For the second option: The passage focuses on the consequences of not complying with Trujillo's demands, not on his enjoyment of attention, so this is not the main idea development.
• For the third option: The text states that if you did not march (disobey Trujillo's demand for the parade tribute), your cédula would not be stamped, and without a stamped cédula, you could not do important things like get a passport. This shows the danger of refusing to obey his requests, which aligns with how the author develops the central idea about the impact of Trujillo's rule and the risks of non - compliance.
• For the fourth option: The passage uses the example of women marching in parades as part of Trujillo's tribute system, not to show women's important role in political life. The focus is on the coercion and consequences of Trujillo's demands, not women's political significance.

Answer:

C. Alvarez shows that refusing to obey Trujillo's requests could be dangerous.