Question

Read this passage from Dragonwings by Laurence Yep.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: The broken down, horseless carriage.

Explanation:

Extracted from the novel Dragonwings, from the Golden Mountain Chronicles by Lawrence Yep, this passage depicts Father's first encouinter with Mr. Alger and his disposition to help him even when he was nothing but a stranger, a "demon". Father stops in his routine rounds to help Mr. Alger, who was stranded by the side of the road with his car or "horseless carriage" broken down, and if not for Mr. Alger's need for aid, Father would not have stopped and established communication with him.

Answer 2

The description of the day as gray and wintry emphasize the narrator’s feelings about life in the new country in a sense that the day is cold and uninviting, like the people and their cities.

Answer: Option A.

Explanation:

'Dragonwings' is a story about a Chinese family, their immigration to America, and how racial discrimination in America makes their life difficult. From the above mentioned excerpt, we can figure out that the narrator's life in the new country in not as welcoming as he thought it would be. The people over there are uninviting

simply because the narrator is Chinese. The description of the day relates to the narrator's feelings regarding the people of new country.