Question

select the best evidence to support the statement that the narrators parents think good schools are important when choosing a place to live.

where should we live next? my parents slide the question back and forth like a cup of ginseng neither one wants to drink. until finally it comes to them, what they really want is a milkshake (chocolate) and to go with it a house in scarsdale. what else? the broker tries to hint: the neighborhood, she says....but someone has sent my parents a list of the top ten schools nationwide (based on the opinion of selected educators and others) and so... we nestle into a dutch colonial on the bronx river parkway. the roads windy where we are, very charming; drivers miss their turns, plough up our flower beds, then want to use our telephone.

from gish jen, \what means switch.\ in the atlantic monthly. copyright 1990 by gish jen

Explanation:

To support the statement that the narrator's parents think good schools are important when choosing a place to live, the relevant evidence is the part where it says "But someone has sent my parents a list of the top ten schools nationwide (based on the opinion of selected educators and others) and so... we nestle into a Dutch colonial on the Bronx River Parkway." This shows that the list of top schools influenced their decision on where to live, indicating they consider good schools important.

Answer:

But someone has sent my parents a list of the top ten schools nationwide (based on the opinion of selected educators and others) and so... we nestle into a Dutch colonial on the Bronx River Parkway.