Question

autobiography of z. s. hastings: written for his boysby z. s. hastings (excerpt)chapter 2(1) at the time of fathers arrival, indiana was only 14 years old and contained about 300,000 inhabitants. its capital citys first mayor was inaugurated two years before i was born and three years after the stars fell.(2) in 1842 when i was about four years old my parents sold out and moved down the river five or six miles and bought a new, larger and better farm with a large two story hewed log house and a big double log barn, and a good apple orchard. the farming land was bottom and lay along the river. here we had some sheep and cattle on a few hills and some hogs in the woods, that got fat in the winter on white oak acorns and beech nuts. and here we had a large \sugar orchard\ as the hosiers called it—hard maple trees by the many from which, in the early spring, flowed the sweet sap by the barrels full which we converted into gallons of maple syrup, and into many cakes of maple sugar.(3) it was while we lived here, when i was six years old, there was the greatest flood, known to me, since the days of noah. i remember it well. you too, my boys, will never forget the year when i tell you it was the same year, 1844, in which your best earthly friend was born, your mother. but i did not know anything about her until twenty years afterwards.(4) the flood was great. all the lower lands were under water. mr. greenes, the ferryman, our nearest neighbors family had to go in a canoe from the door of their kitchen to their smoke house to get meat. all our cattle and hogs were in the stalk fields near the river, and all were drowned, except one large, strong cow which swam more than one half mile, almost in a straight line, and was saved. we could see the cattle huddled together on a small island knoll away down in the field next to the river. the poor creatures would stand there until the rapidly rising waters would crowd them off the knoll, and then they swam until exhausted and overcome by26select the correct answer.what is the main way the father conveys his love and pride for the boys mother?a. he mixes in affectionate comments about her at unrelated moments.b. he explains it would have been just as great if he and his wife met in texas.c. he explains that the year of the big flood was the year she was born.d. he shares a few small memories from her childhood with the boys.

Explanation:

The father is describing a major flood from his childhood, then abruptly connects the year of the flood (1844) to the birth year of the boys' mother, inserting an affectionate comment about her as "your best earthly friend" in an unrelated story about the flood. Option B is incorrect because he does not mention meeting her in Texas. Option C is wrong because he links the flood year to her birth but that is not the main way he conveys love/pride; the affectionate comment tied to the unrelated memory is. Option D is incorrect as he shares no childhood memories of her, only noting her birth year.

Answer:

A. He mixes in affectionate comments about her at unrelated moments.