Question

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez
my mother, especially, lived in terror of the consequences of living as free citizens. in new york city, before trujillo was killed, dominican exiles gathered around the young revolutionary juan bosch planning an invasion of the island. every time my father attended these meetings, my mother would get hysterical. if the sim found out about my father’s activities, family members remaining behind were likely to be in danger. even our own family in new york could suffer consequences. five years earlier, in 1955, galindez, an exile anti - trujillo teaching at columbia university, had disappeared from a new york subway. the same thing could happen to us.
i dont know if my father complied or just got too busy trying to make a living in this country. but after a few
which statement best analyzes how the author develops the central idea across the paragraphs?
○ alvarez explains that her parents often disagreed about how to react to the dictatorship now that they were living in a free country.
○ alvarez explains how her father became heavily involved in anti - trujillo activities, but soon became too busy to participate in them.
○ alvarez explains how her mother eventually convinced her father to stop attending political meetings because of the danger.
○ alvarez explains that, although her parents reacted differently to the stress they endured, both became silent about the dictatorship

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The excerpt focuses on the mother's fear and the danger of anti - Trujillo activities, not on parents' disagreements about reacting to the dictatorship in a free country. Eliminate.
• Option 2: The excerpt does not say the father became too busy to participate in anti - Trujillo activities. It says "I don't know if my father complied or just got too busy...", which is not a definite statement. Eliminate.
• Option 3: There is no mention of the mother convincing the father to stop attending political meetings. The mother was hysterical about the danger, but no such persuasion is described. Eliminate.
• Option 4: The mother lived in terror (a reaction to stress) and the father's activities (and the potential danger) led to a situation where, in the end, both became silent about the dictatorship (as the father may have stopped activities and the mother's fear was related to the dictatorship's consequences). This option aligns with the central idea of how the author develops the theme of the parents' reaction to the dictatorship's stress.

Answer:

Alvarez explains that, although her parents reacted differently to the stress they endured, both became silent about the dictatorship