Question

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez. perhaps because she had innocently revered him, my mother was now doubly revolted by this cold - blooded monster. he became something of an obsession with her—living as she was by then in exile with my father, isolated from her family who were still living on the island. as my sisters and i were growing up, trujillo and his excesses figured in many of my mother’s cautionary tales. what is the central idea in this paragraph? ○ during her exile, the author’s mother did not know how she felt about trujillo. ○ the author and her sisters were fascinated by trujillo. ○ the author’s mother thought of trujillo constantly. ○ trujillo became more controlling to the author’s mother after her family fled the country.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: The paragraph says the mother was "doubly revolted" by Trujillo, so she had a clear feeling (revulsion), not uncertainty. Eliminate this.
2. Analyze Option 2: The paragraph focuses on the mother's feelings and thoughts about Trujillo, not the author and sisters' fascination. The sisters are only mentioned as growing up with the mother's cautionary tales about Trujillo, not being fascinated. Eliminate this.
3. Analyze Option 3: The text states "He became something of an obsession with her" and "Trujillo and his excesses figured in many of my mother’s cautionary tales", showing she thought of him constantly. This matches.
4. Analyze Option 4: The paragraph doesn't mention Trujillo becoming more controlling after the family fled; it focuses on the mother's revulsion and obsession, and using his stories as cautionary tales. Eliminate this.

Answer:

C. The author’s mother thought of Trujillo constantly.