Question

select the correct text in the passage. which excerpt from \freeway 280\ by lorna dee cervantes best exemplifies the theme of home and belonging? 1. la casitas near the gray cannery, nestled amid wild abrazos of climbing roses and man - high red geraniums are gone now. 2. but under the fake windsounds of the open lanes, in the abandoned lots below, new grasses sprout. 3. once, i wanted out, wanted the rigid lanes to take me to a place without sun, without the smell of tomatoes burning on swing shift in the greasy summer air. 4. maybe its here en los campos extraños de esta ciudad where ill find it, that part of me

Explanation:

The first excerpt describes a past - home setting with "La casitas" (little houses) near a cannery, surrounded by climbing roses and geraniums, which evokes a sense of a lost home and belonging. The other excerpts focus on other themes like new growth in abandoned lots, a desire to leave a place, or a search in an unfamiliar place. This one is most directly related to the idea of a home that is now gone, thus highlighting the theme of home and belonging.

Answer:

1. La casitas near the gray cannery, nestled amid wild abrazos of climbing roses and man - high red geraniums are gone now.