Read this excerpt from "Rules of the Game." "Bite back your tongue," scolded my mother when I cried loudly, yanking her hand toward the store that sold bags of salted plums. At home, she said, "Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind—poom!—North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen." The next week I bit back my tongue as we entered the store with the forbidden candies. When my mother finished her shopping, she quietly plucked a small bag of plums from the rack and put it on the counter with the rest of the items.

Which answer best summarizes this excerpt from "Rules of the Game"?

A. Waverly cries because it is a cold, windy day and she is out shopping with her mother. Her mother scolds her to stop crying. When Waverly stops crying, her mother then gives her candy as a reward.

B. Waverly sees some candy at a local store and begins crying loudly. After scolding Waverly, her mother buys the candy.

C. Waverly cries when her mother won't buy her candy. Her mother tells her to stop crying. The next time they go out shopping, Waverly stays quiet and her mother buys her the candy.

D. Waverly begins crying because it is windy and she wants some candy. Her mother adds the candy to the counter once Waverly is quiet.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.