Question

1 what does \best thing since sliced bread\ in paragraph 5 mean? a something is amazing. b the bread was sliced. c bread is amazing. d something fell apart. 2 the problem in the story is that - f leslie doesnt want her cousin to visit. g vida doesnt care about cinco de mayo celebrations. h vidas dress doesnt fit anymore. j leslie forgot the story behind cinco de mayo celebrations. 3 one of the authors purposes for writing this story was to - a compare how mexicans and americans prepare their me b show how to make necklaces for cinco de mayo parade c identify everything leslie does with her cousin when sh how some mexican - americans celebrate cinc the problem?

Explanation:

For question 1: The idiom "best thing since sliced bread" is a common expression meaning something is very amazing or great. Option A matches this meaning. Option B focuses on the bread being sliced (literal, not idiomatic), C focuses on bread being amazing (incorrect focus), D means the opposite.
For question 2: Without the full story, but from typical story problem structures, if the story involves Vida's dress, H (Vida’s dress doesn’t fit anymore) is a common story problem. F (Leslie not wanting cousin) is less likely as a main problem, G (Vida not caring about celebrations) is negative characterization not a problem, J (Leslie forgetting story) is less common as a core problem.
For question 3: The partial option "how some Mexican - Americans celebrate Cinco" (from the visible text) suggests the author's purpose is to explain their celebration, so the relevant option (likely the one with that explanation) would be correct. But based on the visible options, if we assume the last visible option (partially shown) is about explaining Mexican - American Cinco de Mayo celebrations, that's a common author purpose for such stories.

Answer:

1. A. Something is amazing.
2. H. Vida’s dress doesn’t fit anymore.
3. (Assuming the last visible option about explaining how some Mexican - Americans celebrate Cinco, but based on partial text, the most logical from the visible options' context is the one related to explaining their celebration. If we take the partially shown option as D (assuming the last option starts with "explain how some Mexican - Americans celebrate Cinco..."), then D. (But note: due to partial text, this is an inference. If the options were fully visible, the exact option would be clear.))