Question

read the excerpt from daughter of invention. but lauras inventing days were over just as yoyos were starting up with her school - wide success. rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. it was as if, after that, her mother had passed on to yoyo her pencil and pad and said, \okay, cuquita, heres the buck. you give it a shot.\ which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt? but lauras inventing days were over the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention after that, her mother had passed on to yoyo her pencil and pad

Explanation:

The idiom "give it a shot" means to try something. The context - clue "after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad" implies that Yoyo's mother is giving her the opportunity to try inventing or writing like she did. This context best hints at the meaning of the idiom.

Answer:

D. after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad