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Question 24 • GA-English Language Arts 8

Read the passage from "The Pursuit of Happiness."The woman on the far side of the desk looks at the floor,Her head full of Irelandand the potatoes that blackened and curled and rotted away.We grew only sadness thereShe wants to say.But this she whispers instead: 'I have come to work as a chambermaid"And the Important Person stamps her papers without hearing the rest."To scrub floors and wash linens until my hands are red and raw,and I have polished happiness for my child So she can become a teacher with hands the color of cream."

Answer
A
to explain the work the woman intends to do
B
to persuade the reader to avoid eating potatoes
C
to persuade the reader to support local farmers
D
to explain why the woman left Ireland for America
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