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alexandra reached home in the afternoon. that evening she held a family council and told her brothers all that she had seen and heard.
\i want you boys to go down yourselves and look it over. nothing will convince you like seeing with your own eyes. the river land was settled before this, and so they are a few years ahead of us, and have learned more about farming. the land sells for three times as much as this, but in five years we will double it. the rich men down there own all the best land, and they are buying all they can get. the thing to do is to sell our cattle and what little old corn we have, and buy the linstrum place. then the next thing to do is to take out two loans on our half-sections, and buy peter crows place; raise every dollar we can, and buy every acre we can.\
lou held his head as if it were splitting. \everybody will say we are crazy. it must be crazy, or everybody would be doing it...\
select two themes of the passage.
☐ treat others as you wish to be treated.
☐ strategy is sometimes part of the struggle.
☐ families should help each other make hard decisions.
☐ if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
☐ doing what everyone else is doing sometimes leads to positive results.
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Explanation:

1. Alexandra gathers her family to make a major land investment decision, framing it as a group effort, which aligns with the theme of families supporting each other in hard choices.
2. Alexandra lays out a detailed, multi-step plan (selling assets, taking loans, buying land incrementally) to grow their land holdings, which is a clear strategic approach to their struggle to expand their farm.
3. The other options do not match: there is no mention of the golden rule, Alexandra is advocating for collective family action not doing everything alone, and she is pushing against the crowd (Lou notes everyone will think they're crazy) rather than following others for positive results.

Answer:

• Strategy is sometimes part of the struggle.
• Families should help each other make hard decisions.