Question

read the excerpt from \daughter of invention\.
but lauras inventing days were over just as yoyos were starting up with her school - wide success. rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. it was as if, after that, her mother had passed on to yoyo her pencil and pad and said, \okay, cuquita, heres the buck. you give it a shot.\
which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt?
but lauras inventing days were over
the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers
yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention
after that, her mother had passed on to yoyo her pencil and pad

Explanation:

The idiom "here's the buck. You give it a shot" implies a transfer of responsibility or opportunity. The context clue "after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad" shows a passing - on of tools (symbolic of the task or opportunity), which aligns with the idea of the idiom. The other options do not directly relate to the transfer or giving a try aspect of the idiom. "But Laura's inventing days were over" is about Laura's situation, "the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers" is a random family memory, and "Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention" is about Yoyo's perception of an invention, not the transfer or attempt related to the idiom.

Answer:

after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad