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, galíndez, an exile anti - trujillo teaching at columbia university, had disappeared from a new york subway. the same thing could happen to us. i don’t know if my father complied or just got too busy trying to make a living in this country. but... 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... ∘ alvarez ex... how her father became heavily involved in... - 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 solve this, we analyze each option against the excerpt. The excerpt shows the mother's fear (due to danger to family) and the father's involvement in anti - Trujillo activities. Option A: The excerpt doesn't focus on parents' disagreement about reacting to dictatorship. Option B: The excerpt doesn't say the father became too busy to participate; it's about the mother's fear. Option C: The excerpt doesn't show the mother convincing the father to stop; it's about her fear. Option D: The father was involved in anti - Trujillo meetings, the mother was fearful (different reactions), and later the text implies they became silent (as the father may have stopped or got busy, and the mother's fear led to a sort of silence about the dictatorship). So D best analyzes the central idea development.

Answer:

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