Which of the following is an example of an interpretive question? who is marcus' social studies teacher? why did marcus have such a hard time in school? what does the school intercom sound like? is it fair that marcus is always called to the office?

Why did Marcus have such a hard time in school?

This would be considered to be a interpretive question. Why? It's because these kind of questions would be questions that would have more than one answer, or one of different kind of answers. Therefore, that's your answer.

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader