Question

read the excerpt from \daughter of invention\
but laura had gotten used to the life here. she did not
want to go back to the old country where, de la torre or
not, she was only a wife and a mother (and a failed one
al that, since she had never provided the required son)
better an independent nobody than a high-class
houseslave. she did not come straight out and
disagree with her husbands plans. instead, she fussed
with him about reading the papers in bed, soiling their
sheets with those poorly printed, foreign tabloids. \the
times is not that bad!\ shed claim if her husband tried
to humor her by saying they shared the same dirty
habit.
how do lauras interactions with her husband reveal
the conflict she experiences?
○ she becomes an independent nobody and decides
to reject her role as a high-class housewife and
mother.
○ she reads the newspapers with her husband to
keep up on dominican politics and plans a return to
their homeland
○ instead of getting used to her new life in america,
she secretly hopes that her husband will return the
family to the dominican republic.
○ instead of openly disagreeing with her husbands
desire to return to the dominican republic, she
criticizes the foreign papers he reads

Explanation:

1. The excerpt states Laura does not want to return to her home country, where she was confined to only wife/mother roles, and she avoids openly disagreeing with her husband's plans. Instead, she nitpicks his habit of reading foreign tabloids in bed.
2. The first option is wrong: she does not reject her roles entirely, she just prefers her new independent life in America.
3. The second option is wrong: she does not want to return to their homeland, and she complains about the papers, not reads them with him to engage with Dominican politics.
4. The third option is wrong: she likes her new life in America and does not want to go back.

Answer:

D. Instead of openly disagreeing with her husband's desire to return to the Dominican Republic, she criticizes the foreign papers he reads.