Question

read the two excerpts.

emembering to never forget: dominican republic’s parsley massacre\ by mark memmott:
seventy - five years ago, thousands of haitians were murdered in the dominican republic by a brutal dictator. it was one of the 20th century’s least - remembered acts of genocide.
as many as 20,000 people are thought to have been killed on orders given by rafael trujillo. but the “parsley massacre” went mostly unnoticed outside hispaniola. even there, many dominicans never knew about what happened in early october 1937. they were kept in the dark by trujillo’s henchmen.
\a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez:
at this point i would always ask her why she and my father had returned to live in the country if they knew the
how do the passages work together to develop a central idea?
○ the passages show how alvarez’s family was affected by the parsley massacre when they migrated.
○ the passages show how alvarez and her family were tricked into returning to the dominican republic.
○ the passages show how people often did not know or understand the extent of trujillo’s deceit.
○ the passages show how the events of trujillo’s dictatorship are still not fully understood today.

Explanation:

The first excerpt establishes the context of the unremembered Parsley Massacre under Trujillo. The second excerpt from Alvarez's work focuses on her family's choice to return to the Dominican Republic, tying their personal experience to the broader violent context of the massacre. This links the historical event to its impact on a specific family, which matches option A. The other options do not align: the second excerpt does not show the family being tricked into returning, does not focus on widespread ignorance of Trujillo's cruelty as the central linked idea, and does not center on modern lack of understanding of the dictatorship.

Answer:

A. The passages show how Alvarez's family was affected by the parsley massacres when they returned.