Question

to ask for words from the policeman on the street. and every new word made me see new american things with american eyes. i felt like a columbus, finding new worlds through every new word.but words alone were only for the inside of me. the outside of me still branded me for a steerage immigrant. i had to have clothes to forget myself that im a stranger yet.and so i had to have money to buy these clothes.the month was up. i was so happy! now id have money. my own, earned money.money to buy a new shirt on my back — shoes on my feet. maybe yet an american dress and hat!20 ach! how high rose my dreams! how plainly i saw all that i would do with my visionary wages shining like a light over my head!in my imagination i already walked in my new american clothes. how beautiful i looked as i saw myself like a picture before my eyes! i saw how i would throw away my immigrant rags tied up in my immigrant shawl. with money to buy — free money in my hands — id show them that i could look like an american in a day.like a prisoner in his last night in prison, counting the seconds that will free him from his chains, i trembled breathlessly for the minute id get the wages in my hand.guiding questionsquestion 5 of 14why is the narrator so excited at the end of the first month?a because she hopes to get paid and she has never had money beforeb because she is free to look for a new job and escape the familyc because she wants to have money to purchase american clothesd because she wants to save up money so she can leave this job quickly

Explanation:

The text states the narrator, a steerage immigrant, feels "branded" as an outsider and needs clothes to stop feeling like a stranger. They are excited about getting their first earned money specifically to buy American clothes, imagining themselves in these clothes and shedding their immigrant rags. This directly matches option C.

Answer:

C. because she wants to have money to purchase American clothes