1) my mother was born in a tiny town just west of the mississippi river. (2) the mississippi river is 2,350 miles long. (3) her family was very poor. (4) at the age of nine, she was put in charge of sewing clothes for the entire family. (5) she had to walk to town and buy the necessary cloth, then carry the heavy bags of cloth back to her house.
which sentence supports the main idea of the passage the least?
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4
sentence 5