Read the excerpt from paragraph 9. They were inscribed in a medical benefit society, their pet dog was licensed, they were
insured against fire, flood damage, and theft, and subscribed to the local Neighborhood
Watch, which supplied them with a plaque for their gates lettered YOU HAVE BEEN
WARNED over the silhouette of a would-be intruder.
What do these details tell you about the family in the story?
O They feel connected to their community.
O They are afraid of sickness.
They desperately want to be safe.
O They always obey the law.

They desepertly want to be safe.

Explanation:

Everything they do is connected to being safe.

but it is sometime nessary to hit key points or subjects   but is sometimes to much reveiw if there was a way to slim down the redone work it would improve for every body.

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.