Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Nina was always a mysterious figure in the family:
beautiful as a movie star, cosmopolitan and elegant, with
wide Slavic cheeks. She spoke only Russian, though
she lived much of her adult life in Tel Aviv. There were
rumors that she came from nobility and that she had
once been very rich. She and Avram were thought of as
a glamorous couple—he the charming man with his
head in the clouds (in Yiddish the word for that kind of
person is luftmensh, "air man"), she the mysterious
beauty who had given up everything to be with him.
Which statements best describe the author's purpose
for writing this passage? Select two options.
to present background information about Nina
to create a sense of suspense about Nina's future
to intrigue the reader with details about Nina
to show how Nina was able to mislead people
to persuade the reader that Nina was rich