Question

identify the choice that best answers the question.
the following question has two parts. answer part a first, and then part b.
part a
in \my old home,\ what is the narrators main hope for his nephew hung - erh and jun - tus son shui - sheng?
o a. he hopes they will not have to move from the area.
o b. he hopes they will value both his own and jun - tus work ethics,
o c. he hopes they will transcend the limitations of his and jun - tus paths in life.
o d. he hopes they will be able to spend time together and become fast friends.
part b
which of the following passages from \my old home\ best supports the answer to part a?
o a. i had never known that all these strange things existed: at the seashore there were shells all colors of the rainbow,
o b. then he pulled forward a boy who had been hiding behind his back, and this was just the jun - tu of twenty years before, only a little paler
and thinner, and he had no silver necklet.
o c. although there is such a barrier between jun - tu and myself, the children still have much in common, for wasnt hung - erh thinking of shui -
sheng just now?
o d. but again i would not like them, . . . all to have a treadmill existence like mine, nor to suffer like jun - tu until they become stupefied: nor yet,
like others, to devote all their energies to dissipation.

Explanation:

In "My Old Home," the narrator reflects on the limitations of his and Jun - tu's lives. He hopes the younger generation (Hung - erh and Shui - sheng) can avoid these limitations. For Part A, option C aligns with this hope of transcending past limitations. For Part B, option D explicitly states the narrator's wish that the children not have the same limited existences as himself (a "treadmill existence") or Jun - tu (suffering until "stupefied").

Answer:

Part A: C. He hopes they will transcend the limitations of his and Jun - tu’s paths in life.
Part B: D. But again I would not like them,... all to have a treadmill existence like mine, nor to suffer like Jun - tu until they become stupefied; nor yet, like others, to devote all their energies to dissipation.