Sorrow, I am one hundered percent sure
Answer: B To show the Lins becoming Americanized while maintaining their Chinese customs
Explanation: Just took the test
Answer:
When the author says "was not motivated by literary ambition", the author means that they did not have anything to write about something that happened. Basically they didn't have much to go off of.
The passage is an example of context clues.
Onomatopoea is the correct anser