Question

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.
passage a:
in december 1960, four months after our arrival, time magazine reported the murder of the three mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had started the national underground dominican republic. my parents confiscated the magazine. to our many questions about what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, \en boca cerrada no entran moscas.\ no flies fly into a closed mouth. later, i found out that this very saying had been scratched on the lintel of the entrance of the sims torture center at la cuarenta.
passage b:
the novel would be a fictional retelling of the story of three mirabal sisters, contemporaries of my mother,
what central idea do these excerpts work together to develop?
○ alvarez grappled with the issue of writing a novel about a dangerous subject.
○ alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it.
○ alvarez decided to publish her novel without regard for her mother’s feelings.
○ alvarez faced one of the biggest challenges of being a writer: choosing a topic.

Explanation:

Passage A details Alvarez learning about the Mirabal sisters' murder (via a confiscated magazine) and the context of repression around it. Passage B states her novel will be a fictional retelling of the sisters' story, so the combined central idea is that she learned of the murder and chose to fictionalize it. The other options are incorrect: there's no focus on grappling with writing danger specifically as the core, no mention of ignoring her mother's feelings, and choosing a topic is too broad compared to the specific link between the murder and her novel plan.

Answer:

Alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it.