Instructions Read the question carefully and select the best answer.
Which inference about the author is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 6)?
I return the dark snake to its nest among my mother's slips, arranging it so that its thin tail hides beneath the wide mouth sheared by
scissors. My mother keeps her promise and lets my hair grow long, but I am only half of her; my thin brown braids will reach the
middle of my back, and in maturity will look like tiny garden snakes,
A. She is afraid of her mother's braid, as if it were a snake.
B. She sees the braid as a symbol for the tragedy of her mother's lost hair
O C. She sees long braids of hair as symbols of strength
O D. She deeply misses her father.
TEKS: TEKS 7.5(F). TEKS.76(C), TEKS 79(A)
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Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

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