In "honest work," which best explains why the old smith carefully forges each link of the ship's chain?
a.
he believes the ship will be caught in a storm very soon.
b.
he wants to prove that, even though he is old, he can still do good work.
c.
he knows that people's lives may depend on the chain's strength.
d.
he expects to be paid extra for doing such careful work.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

different routes can lead to sammy to different places, with different roads.   if you check a map, you can see the routes.   try to make connections of the places and count how many there are.   hope this : )