Question

1. which excerpt best describes the way growing up in poverty affected lizabeth? a. \and so, when i think of that time and that place, i remember only the dry september of the dirt roads and grassless yards of the shantytown where i lived.\ (paragraph 1) b. \perhaps we had some dim notion of what we were, and how little chance we had of being anything else. otherwise, why would we have been so preoccupied with destruction?\ (paragraph 27) c. \the promise of adventure awoke him. going out now? where to, lizabeth? what you going to do?\ (paragraph 50) d. \of course i could not express the things that i knew about miss lottie as i stood there awkward and ashamed.\ (paragraph 63)

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option A describes the setting (dry September, dirt roads, grassless yards) but not how poverty affected Lizabeth.
• Option B: The excerpt talks about having a "dim notion of what we were, and how little chance we had of being anything else" and being "preoccupied with destruction." This reflects the impact of poverty—feeling limited in prospects and acting out (destruction) due to that sense of hopelessness, directly relating to how growing up in poverty affected Lizabeth.
• Option C is about adventure and a conversation, not about the impact of poverty.
• Option D is about Lizabeth's inability to express thoughts about Miss Lottie, not about poverty's effect.

Answer:

B. "Perhaps we had some dim notion of what we were, and how little chance we had of being anything else. Otherwise, why would we have been so preoccupied with destruction?" (Paragraph 27)