the history lesson
last year, when my next - door neighbor fell and broke her hip, she wound up using a walker for a few months once she returned from the convalescent hospital. not surprisingly, she had a hard time doing the things she used to do, like carrying groceries in from her car. when my mother saw this, she suggested i go over and help her. i did not mind; my neighbor, miss chavez, had always been nice to me. whenever we were outside at the same time, we would talk about the weather, her cats, or how i was doing in school. miss chavez had known me since i was a baby, but i realized that i really did not know much about her, except that she was a retired second - grade teacher.
after my mother talked to me about helping miss chavez, i made it a point to help out besides to watch for her car on saturday afternoons when she returned from shopping. soon i started doing other things to help out besides toting her groceries. since it was fall, her yard needed raking regularly, so on the weekends, i would rake and bag up the leaves, sometimes filling a dozen large bags. although my mother, always a stickler for proper etiquette, had cautioned me not to accept any kind of payment, miss chavez would have warm cookies or muffins waiting for me after i finished.
i realized then that i had never been in her house before she broke her hip, and i was comforted the minute i entered by the welcoming atmosphere she had hidden within her home. i noticed the dainty lace curtains in the window near the table where we sat and talked at the small table in her cozy yellow kitchen while we ate some of her homemade muffins. from our discussions i discovered miss chavez had moved to california as a child. her family had come from oklahoma in 1934, chased west by drought. i had heard of the dust bowl in my history classes but could not remember much about it. miss chavezs voice was low and thoughtful as she described what it was like to live where rain refused to fall year after year. the soil was so dry that deep, angry cracks formed, and the wind picked up the soil and blew it away, piling it against the house, the barn, and the fences. dust continued to swirl in the air, she told me, seeping in under the front and back doors and around window frames, collecting insistently on everything in the house, no matter how many times a day her family cleaned.
which statement best describes the theme of the he history lesson\?
a. it is important to take care of yourself in old age.
b. providing service to those in need can have unexpected rewards.
c. people should be prepared for natural disasters so they dont lose everything.
d. there is value to showing emotion and grieving.

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the history lesson
last year, when my next - door neighbor fell and broke her hip, she wound up using a walker for a few months once she returned from the convalescent hospital. not surprisingly, she had a hard time doing the things she used to do, like carrying groceries in from her car. when my mother saw this, she suggested i go over and help her. i did not mind; my neighbor, miss chavez, had always been nice to me. whenever we were outside at the same time, we would talk about the weather, her cats, or how i was doing in school. miss chavez had known me since i was a baby, but i realized that i really did not know much about her, except that she was a retired second - grade teacher.
after my mother talked to me about helping miss chavez, i made it a point to help out besides to watch for her car on saturday afternoons when she returned from shopping. soon i started doing other things to help out besides toting her groceries. since it was fall, her yard needed raking regularly, so on the weekends, i would rake and bag up the leaves, sometimes filling a dozen large bags. although my mother, always a stickler for proper etiquette, had cautioned me not to accept any kind of payment, miss chavez would have warm cookies or muffins waiting for me after i finished.
i realized then that i had never been in her house before she broke her hip, and i was comforted the minute i entered by the welcoming atmosphere she had hidden within her home. i noticed the dainty lace curtains in the window near the table where we sat and talked at the small table in her cozy yellow kitchen while we ate some of her homemade muffins. from our discussions i discovered miss chavez had moved to california as a child. her family had come from oklahoma in 1934, chased west by drought. i had heard of the dust bowl in my history classes but could not remember much about it. miss chavezs voice was low and thoughtful as she described what it was like to live where rain refused to fall year after year. the soil was so dry that deep, angry cracks formed, and the wind picked up the soil and blew it away, piling it against the house, the barn, and the fences. dust continued to swirl in the air, she told me, seeping in under the front and back doors and around window frames, collecting insistently on everything in the house, no matter how many times a day her family cleaned.
which statement best describes the theme of the 	he history lesson\?
a. it is important to take care of yourself in old age.
b. providing service to those in need can have unexpected rewards.
c. people should be prepared for natural disasters so they dont lose everything.
d. there is value to showing emotion and grieving.

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# Brief Explanations:
The story shows the narrator helping Miss Chavez who is in need (after she broke her hip) and Miss Chavez rewarding the narrator with baked goods. It emphasizes the idea that providing service to those in need can lead to unexpected rewards.
# Answer:
B. Providing service to those in need can have unexpected rewards.

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