read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.\npassage a:\nin december 1960, four months…

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.\npassage a:\nin december 1960, four months after our arrival, time magazine reported the murder of the three mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had started the national underground dominican republic. my parents confiscated the magazine. to our many questions about what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, \en boca cerrada no entran moscas.\ no flies fly into a closed mouth. later, i found out that this very saying had been scratched on the lintel of the entrance of the sims torture center at la cuarenta.\npassage b:\nthe novel would be a fictional retelling of the story of three mirabal sisters, contemporaries of my mother,\nwhat central idea do these excerpts work together to develop?\n○ alvarez grappled with the issue of writing a novel about a dangerous subject.\n○ alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it.\n○ alvarez decided to publish her novel without regard for her mother’s feelings.\n○ alvarez faced one of the biggest challenges of being a writer: choosing a topic.

read the excerpt from \a genetics of justice\ by julia alvarez.\npassage a:\nin december 1960, four months after our arrival, time magazine reported the murder of the three mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had started the national underground dominican republic. my parents confiscated the magazine. to our many questions about what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, \en boca cerrada no entran moscas.\ no flies fly into a closed mouth. later, i found out that this very saying had been scratched on the lintel of the entrance of the sims torture center at la cuarenta.\npassage b:\nthe novel would be a fictional retelling of the story of three mirabal sisters, contemporaries of my mother,\nwhat central idea do these excerpts work together to develop?\n○ alvarez grappled with the issue of writing a novel about a dangerous subject.\n○ alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it.\n○ alvarez decided to publish her novel without regard for her mother’s feelings.\n○ alvarez faced one of the biggest challenges of being a writer: choosing a topic.

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Brief Explanations:

  • Analyze each option:
    • Option 1: The excerpts focus on the murder of the Mirabal sisters and Alvarez's decision to retell it, not just grappling with a dangerous subject. Eliminate.
    • Option 2: Passage A tells of Alvarez learning about the murder of the Mirabal sisters, and Passage B says the novel is a fictional retelling of their story. This matches.
    • Option 3: There's no info about her mother's feelings or disregarding them. Eliminate.
    • Option 4: The excerpts are about the subject (Mirabal sisters' story) not the challenge of choosing a topic. Eliminate.

Answer: B. Alvarez learned about a terrible murder and decided to write a fictional retelling of it.