English

Henry Mendoza

30 October, 19:55

In Only Daughter, what information mainly do these two paragraphs convey about the author?

We came back, of course. To yet another Chicago flat, another Chicago neighborhood, another Catholic school. Each time, my father would seek out the parish priest in order to get a tuition break, and complain or boast: "I have seven sons."

He meant siete hijos, seven children, but he translated it as "sons". "I have seven sons." To anyone who would listen. The Sears Roebuck employee who sold us the washing machine. The short-order cook where my father ate his ham-and-eggs breakfasts. "I have seven sons." As if he deserved a medal from the state.

a) It explains the author's feeling that she is not important to her father.

b) It reveals the author prefers to speak English.

c) It shows the author's dislike of her brothers.

d) The author believes that her father deserves to be recognized by the state.