Question

PART A: Which of the following identifies the main idea of the text?

Answer 1

Answer:

B.

Explanation:

All other answers are describing how Chow is dealing with her grief, while answer B. simply introduces the idea of grief into the text.

Answer 2

Answer:

The sentence that identifies the main idea of the text is Chow will always hold onto some of her grief over her mother’s death.

Explanation:

Kat Chow's story In my mom's shoes tells the story of a pair of shoes that represent her connection with grieving her mother's death through the years as a wave that comes and goes but she refuses to live without. She is very emotional during the first years after her mom is gone, and then she starts to get away from the pain most of the time but there is always a pair of shoes in the closet that would take her back.