Question

from vandal to artist
its very hard to report them when there is little evidence to use against them. usually the people who have had their businesses and homes tagged are stuck paying the whole bill.
one day, a woman caught him tagging the wall of her art gallery. \ilene told me i should be doing the stuff on canvas and framing it. she said i was an excellent artist and should be selling my work in her gallery,\ jeff says. \she dragged me inside and gave me old canvases and supplies to use. i was never good at studying, but i liked painting. i discovered there were other guys around who liked doing what i did. just like that, i wasnt a vandal who destroyed peoples property anymore. i had a different identity. i was an artist, spending time with other artists who had a mutual understanding and respect for one anothers work.
many people regarded jeffs previous art as destructive. however, his new peers gave him the support he wanted to turn his need for creativity into something positive. before this opportunity, his art
7a: click on the sentence that tells the central idea of \from vandal to artist.\
a a woman caught jeff castillo \tagging\ the wall of her gallery.
b vandals are nothing but criminals.
c vandals can learn to use creativity in a positive way.
d when jeff castillo discovered art, he used it to become a house painter.
7b: now, click on the sentence from the text that supports your answer in part a.
a \if i hadnt turned things around, who knows what would have happened?\
b however, it can cost people a lot of money to replace their ruined items or repaint their walls.
c \ilene told me i should be doing my stuff on canvas and framing it.\
d now jeff is able to share his art with others in a way they can appreciate.

Explanation:

For 7A: The story is about Jeff Castillo, a former vandal, being guided to use his creativity positively (painting on canvases instead of vandalizing). Option C directly states that vandals can learn to use creativity in a positive way, which is the central idea.
For 7B: Option C from the text ("Ilene told me I should be doing my stuff on canvas and framing it") shows Ilene guiding Jeff to use his creative act (which was previously vandal - like tagging) in a positive (canvas painting) way, supporting the central idea in 7A.

Answer:

7A: C. Vandals can learn to use creativity in a positive way.
7B: C. "Ilene told me I should be doing my stuff on canvas and framing it."