<span>Pernicious means: having a harmful effect. So the answer is b. wicked, harmful.</span>
The 2016 USA presidential candidates are:
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Roque De La Fuente
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina
Jim Gilmore
John Kasich
Marco Rubio
Donald Trump
The answer is that the person was slowly beginning to understand the English language. The context clues are that because the person was able to slowly turn newspaper accounts into stories, and was able to chat and gossip with her other friends. She was also "helped...by her husband."
Answer:
1. The point that the writer wishes
2. Pieces of factual details that back up the main idea of a specific content
The answer would be the fourth one. She is upset.