Question

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.
on may 30, 1961, nine months after our escape from our homeland, the group of plotters with whom my father had been associated assassinated the dictator. actually, dominicans do not refer to the death as an assassination but as an ajusticiamiento, a bringing to justice. finally, after thirty-one years, trujillo was brought to justice, found guilty, and executed.
but the execution was an external event, not necessarily an internal exorcism. all their lives my parents, along with a nation of dominicans, had learned the habits of repression, censorship, terror. those habits would not disappear with a few bullets and a national liberation proclamation. they would not disappear on a plane ride north that put hundreds of miles distance between the island and our apartment in new york.
which statement best explains how the author develops the central idea throughout the passage?
○ the author explains that, even after trujillo was killed, her parents continued to fear the dictatorship.
○ the author explains that the assassination freed her parents from fear, allowing them to leave the country.
○ the author explains that, after trujillo was killed, her family was able to escape to the united states.
○ the author explains that, even though trujillo was executed, her parents found new reasons to fear him.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: The excerpt says the author's family escaped before Trujillo's assassination, and the parents' fear (from repression habits) continued after. This matches the idea that even after Trujillo's death, parents still feared the dictatorship's effects (habits of repression).
2. Analyze Option 2: The text shows fear didn't end with assassination, so this is incorrect.
3. Analyze Option 3: The family escaped before the assassination, so this is wrong.
4. Analyze Option 4: Trujillo was executed, and the fear was from learned habits, not new reasons related to him, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

A. The author explains that, even after Trujillo was killed, her parents continued to fear the dictatorship.