Which excerpt from ”first generation” of dreaming in cuban is the best example of magic realism?
a. the family split up and minnie was raised by a grandmother who can quote the bible chapter and verse and drives a beat-up cadillac with a cb radio in it.

b. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices.

c. four blocks from her home, lourdes smells her father’s cigar behind a catalpa tree. “mi hija, have you forgotten me? ” jorge del pino chides gently.

d. she combs her daughter’s room for the jimi hendrix poster she made her take down and tacks it back on the wall.

B. We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices.

Explanation: Magic realism is a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy. From the given excerpts of "First Generation" or Dreaming in Cuban, the one that is an example of magic realism is option B:  "We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices."

2nd option - We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices.

your answer is c) experiments with water vapor showed that elements combine in specific proportions.

the answer is definitely option c. "sonnet xxxi best illustrates the division. in the octave, the poet observes that the moon is in love. in the sestet, he gives his reaction to the fickleness of woman's love."