from margarita
1 she was born margarita ancira, twenty years earlier, in los encinos, texas, population 3,000, a place as dry and dusty as only a small town in south texas can be. hot for at least nine months out of the year, bitterly cold for perhaps two weeks in the winter, and always gray. gray blowing dust, gray thorny brush that belied the towns name, since not a solitary oak was to be found. except for the sky; the sky was always blue. the horizon in los encinos was infinite, and that limitless expanse of blue crushed margo with a sense of desolation. margo would pray for rain, as did her father, but for different reasons. rain, mist, fog, would have blurred the horizon, broken the monotony, but the rain, like change, seldom came.
2 at the moment margo also hated the time and place she was in, although she was not in los encinos. she was in the library of the university of texas at 7:30 on a june evening, too late to find a place at a study table. she circled around the room in a miserable mood, hating herself for arriving late, hating herself for being at the university of texas at all. she felt so adventuresome, enrolling for the summer session at the big university instead of spending the summer with her family at los encinos. they were hurt that she had not chosen to be with them for the summer after having spent the spring in europe, studying in madrid and traveling through spain and france with a dozen other girls from sacred heart college in san antonio, where she would be a senior in the fall.
3 margo had the notion when she enrolled for the summer session that she would perhaps transfer to the university in the fall for good. she felt she was ready for a big coed school, where the students came from all parts of the state, even from all parts of the country, and even from abroad. she had become impatient with sacred heart, a school so much like home, where her friendships were confined to nice, catholic girls, mainly from south texas and northern mexico, her dates circumscribed by the limits of her
this sentence is from the passage.
\she circled around the room in a miserable mood, hating herself for arriving late, hating herself for being at the university of texas at all.\ (paragraph 2)
select two ways that sharing these details at the beginning of the passage affects the story.
1. they challenge readers to consider solutions to margos difficulties.
2. they push readers to interpret events in relation to margos state of mind.
3. they create a sense of mystery and invite readers to wonder why margo is so upset.
4. they provide a sense of suspense and engage readers by indicating that margo is unpredictable.
5. they encourage readers to recognize that margos current feelings are a direct result of her childhood unhappiness.

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from margarita
1  she was born margarita ancira, twenty years earlier, in los encinos, texas, population 3,000, a place as dry and dusty as only a small town in south texas can be. hot for at least nine months out of the year, bitterly cold for perhaps two weeks in the winter, and always gray. gray blowing dust, gray thorny brush that belied the towns name, since not a solitary oak was to be found. except for the sky; the sky was always blue. the horizon in los encinos was infinite, and that limitless expanse of blue crushed margo with a sense of desolation. margo would pray for rain, as did her father, but for different reasons. rain, mist, fog, would have blurred the horizon, broken the monotony, but the rain, like change, seldom came.
2  at the moment margo also hated the time and place she was in, although she was not in los encinos. she was in the library of the university of texas at 7:30 on a june evening, too late to find a place at a study table. she circled around the room in a miserable mood, hating herself for arriving late, hating herself for being at the university of texas at all. she felt so adventuresome, enrolling for the summer session at the big university instead of spending the summer with her family at los encinos. they were hurt that she had not chosen to be with them for the summer after having spent the spring in europe, studying in madrid and traveling through spain and france with a dozen other girls from sacred heart college in san antonio, where she would be a senior in the fall.
3  margo had the notion when she enrolled for the summer session that she would perhaps transfer to the university in the fall for good. she felt she was ready for a big coed school, where the students came from all parts of the state, even from all parts of the country, and even from abroad. she had become impatient with sacred heart, a school so much like home, where her friendships were confined to nice, catholic girls, mainly from south texas and northern mexico, her dates circumscribed by the limits of her
this sentence is from the passage.
\she circled around the room in a miserable mood, hating herself for arriving late, hating herself for being at the university of texas at all.\ (paragraph 2)
select two ways that sharing these details at the beginning of the passage affects the story.
1. they challenge readers to consider solutions to margos difficulties.
2. they push readers to interpret events in relation to margos state of mind.
3. they create a sense of mystery and invite readers to wonder why margo is so upset.
4. they provide a sense of suspense and engage readers by indicating that margo is unpredictable.
5. they encourage readers to recognize that margos current feelings are a direct result of her childhood unhappiness.

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# Brief Explanations:
- For option 2: The details of Margo's hometown (dry, dusty, monotonous) and her current mood (miserable, hating being late/at the university) push readers to connect her current state with her background, interpreting events in relation to her state of mind.
- For option 3: The details (like the desolate hometown, her praying for rain, and her current upset mood) create mystery—readers wonder why she’s so upset, engaging them to find out more about her motivations and past.

Option 1 is incorrect as the details don’t present solutions. Option 4 is incorrect as the details don’t show Margo as unpredictable. Option 5 is incorrect as the passage doesn’t link her current feelings to childhood unhappiness directly (it focuses on hometown and current situation, not childhood).
# Answer:
2. They push readers to interpret events in relation to Margo's state of mind.
3. They create a sense of mystery and invite readers to wonder why Margo is so upset.

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