Question

the excerpt below is from zalmen yoffeh, a jewish immigrant journalist who lived in a new york tenement as a child. which statement best summarizes his writing? \with... one dollar a day our mother fed and clothed an ever - growing family. she took in boarders. sometimes this helped; at other times it added to the burden of living. boarders were often out of work and penniless; how could one turn a hungry man out? she made all our clothes. she walked blocks to reach a place where meat was a penny cheaper, where bread was a half cent less. she collected boxes and old wood to burn in the stove.\ we could not have survived without the help of tammany hall. we will return to europe as soon as we can buy passage back home. immigrants and farmers can find good paying jobs in urban areas. immigrants faced difficult conditions living in large cities.

Explanation:

The excerpt describes a Jewish - immigrant family's struggle. The mother has to stretch a dollar a day to feed and clothe the family, take in boarders with mixed results, make clothes, and go to lengths to save on food. This shows the difficult living conditions immigrants faced in large cities.

Answer:

Immigrants faced difficult conditions living in large cities.