Question

read the two excerpts.
emembering to never forget dominican republics parsley massacre by mark memmott: the method his soldiers used in 1937 to try to identify those who would be killed was cruelly unique. when confronting someone in the lands along the border with haiti, they would hold up a sprig of parsley and ask what it was. if the person responded by trilling the r in perejil (spanish for parsley), he would be free to go. anyone who didnt trill the r was thought to be a haitian creole speaker—and was likely to be killed. \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez: my father and mother were once again trapped in a police state. they laid low as best they could. now that they had four young daughters, they could not take any chances. for a while, that spark which has almost cost which statements accurately compare the two passages? select three options. each text describes the tributes and taxes that trujillo demanded. each text describes how frightening it was to live under the dictatorship. each text presents different information on the same topic. each text presents different information from a different point of view. each text describes how men and women were treated differently.

Explanation:

1. The first passage focuses on the method used to identify victims in the Parsley Massacre. The second passage is about the author's parents' situation under a police - state. Both show the frightening nature of living under a dictatorship.
2. They are on the same general topic of difficult situations in a repressive regime but present different details.
3. They also come from different perspectives, one about a historical massacre method, the other about personal family experiences.

Answer:

• Each text describes how frightening it was to live under the dictatorship.
• Each text presents different information on the same topic.
• Each text presents different information from a different point of view.