Question

walter (lifting his head slowly): mama... i never... went to the bank at all... mama (not wanting to believe him): you mean... your sisters school money... you used that too... walter?... walter: yessss! all of it... its all gone... there is total silence. ruth stands with her face covered with her hands; beneatha leans forlornly against a wall, fingering a piece of red ribbon from the mothers gift. mama stops and looks at her son without recognition and then, quite without thinking about it, starts to beat him senselessly in the face. beneatha goes to them and stops it. beneatha: mama! mama stops and looks at both of her children and rises slowly and wanders vaguely, aimlessly away from them. which statement best compares the two passages? both passages show that ruth, beneatha, and mama have a great deal of respect for walter and work hard to impress him. the first passage hints that the family should not trust walter with money or business matters, and the second passage confirms it. both passages show that ruth, beneatha, and mama will forgive walter for anything, no matter how foolishly he acts. the first passage hints that walter is excellent at managing the familys money and business matters, and the second passage confirms it.

Explanation:

In the passage, Walter admits to using his sister's school - money and it's all gone. Mama's shocked and violent reaction, along with the others' responses, imply a lack of trust in Walter with money. The first passage hints at this lack of trust and the second passage confirms it with the revelation of the money being gone.

Answer:

The first passage hints that the family should not trust Walter with money or business matters, and the second passage confirms it.