Question

read the excerpt from black boy.

again i was faced with choices i did not like, but i finally agreed. after all, my hate for my father was not so great and urgent as my hate for the orphan home. my mother held to her idea and one night a week or so later i found myself standing in a room in a frame house. my father and a strange woman were sitting before a bright fire that blazed in a grate. my mother and i were standing about six feet away, as though we were afraid to approach them any closer.

wright explains his difficult choice in this excerpt in order to show that he was

○ willing to do anything to leave the orphanage.
○ trying to do anything to help his mother.
○ afraid of his father and the strange woman.
○ angry at his father and the strange woman.

Explanation:

The text states the narrator's hatred for the orphan home was stronger than his dislike for his father, so he agreed to the choice to leave the orphanage, even though it meant facing his father. The other options are not supported: there's no mention of helping his mother, the distance from his father/stranger is not the core reason for his choice, and his main motivation is escaping the orphanage, not anger at the pair.

Answer:

willing to do anything to leave the orphanage.