Exceed, because if you remove China and India (since they're between commas) you would say "of only two countries exceed"
Answer:
ABCD is the ryhming scheme.
Answer:
Esperanza does not want to grow up like her mother.
Explanation:
I would say that this is the answer. Options 2 and 3 don't seem to have anything to do with her mother. Option 1 is talking about the smell of Esperanza's mother's hair and not necessarily about her mother as a person. Option 4 sounds like the only one that is talking about her mother.
An omen suggesting a tragic end to the battle