Question

in this passage, the narrator talks about her memories of her mother. select the best sentence to support the statement that the narrator treasures her memories of her mother.
i only had a handful of memories, and some were burned around the edges. i played them over and over, remembering them slowly. and then this, and then that, as if letting a sweet orange 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 moxley, save me, kurt cobain. copyright 2016 by jenny moxley

Explanation:

To support the narrator treasures her memories of her mother, we analyze the sentences. The first sentence "I only had a handful of memories, and some were burned around the edges. I played them over and over, remembering them slowly, And then this, and then that, as if letting a sweet orange dissolve under my tongue." shows she repeatedly revisits the memories, treating them tenderly (like a sweet orange dissolving), indicating she treasures them. The second sentence is about children's memory formation, not about treasuring her mother - related memories. So the first sentence is the best.

Answer:

I only had a handful of memories, and some were burned around the edges. I played them over and over, remembering them slowly, And then this, and then that, as if letting a sweet orange dissolve under my tongue. Sometimes the memory would cheer me up, but often it would make me sad.