"child as he was, he was desperate with hunger and reckless with misery." is the answer
Hema’s mother has a powerful connection to her Bengali culture, and she also has the culture of being a mother. She talks to Kaushik in Bengali language, yet also she also has the sympathy and care of a mother for her child, which is common in all cultures. Kaushik has a mix of American and Bengali culture, that’s why she understands Hema’s mother when she talks to him in Bengali, even though he replies in English. As Kaushik went to the market, he brought back broth and magazines which is quite popular in American culture. The passage shows how Jhumpa’s life is a mix of cultures that integrates with one another. She has Indian culture but was raised in American culture, and that entwines with the culture of her ancestors.
I don't know for problem 4 because we were not given the poems. However, problem 7 is the last option and problem 9 is the second option.
The answer is blends facts with fiction because historical fiction uses real information about a historical time period, but the story that the book is telling didn't actually happen.
