Question

read the excerpt from a genetics of justice by julia alvarez.
personally, trujillo would demand a tribute, and they would acquiesce. a tax, a charity win, a portrait on the wall. to my father and other men in the country, the most humiliating of these tributes was the occasional parade in which women were made to march and turn their heads and acknowledge the great man as they passed the review stand.
if you did not march, your cedula would not be stamped, and without a stamped identification card, you could do nothing; in particular, you could not obtain your passport to leave the country under the pretext of wanting to study heart surgery. this was the second escape—this time with his whole family—that my father was planning.
which statement best explains how the author develops the central idea throughout the passage?
○ alvarez shows that the parades were embarrassing but were not a serious matter.
○ alvarez shows that trujillo enjoyed it when people paid attention to him.
○ alvarez shows that refusing to obey trujillo’s requests could be dangerous.
○ alvarez shows that women played an important part in political life.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The passage implies consequences for not complying, so parades were more than just embarrassing. Eliminate.
• Option 2: The focus is on compliance and consequences, not Trujillo's enjoyment of attention. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The text states that not marching (refusing a request) led to not getting an ID card, which had serious consequences (couldn't do many things, including leaving the country). This shows refusing requests was dangerous. This matches.
• Option 4: The passage is about Trujillo's demands and consequences of non - compliance, not women's political role. Eliminate.

Answer:

C. Alvarez shows that refusing to obey Trujillo’s requests could be dangerous.