I'd say that the aspect of culture that this excerpt from "What For" by Garrett Hongo celebrates is A. holidays.
It is customary in some countries to spend holidays with family talking about past times, and reminiscing.
Answer:
<em>C. the nation, and since then,</em>
Exclamation: If you're joining two sentences together you need a comma to do so. By placing a comma after "nation" and "then" you are making a run-on sentence.
Answer:
At first she was upset by the rush of visitors but now she feels more comfortable with it.
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt, the narrator feels inconvenienced by the influx of visitors at her family home but when her cousin from India gives her a special gift which she once had, she is immediately "transported" and becomes more comfortable with their presence.
I believe the answer would be A ^^
