Dear Grandpa,
Dad told me that your cataract operation has been smooth and you will soon be as fit to read as any other man of letters! I am sure that in a fortnight you shall be back to your books, delving deep into the unfathomable ocean of knowledge, seeking pearls of wisdom not meant for the hoi polloi.
What I really admire about you is the manner in which you have lead a disciplined life to keep yourself away from the kind of depressing health problems that are usually associated with old age. I pray to God that the pain you experienced for your eye vanishes completely and you are again able to live life to the full. You are the best company I have ever had. Your reputation as a raconteur is well-established and your stories have been an inherent part of my education.
For question 1 it's definitely D.Question 2. I'm pretty sure its D. (not positive)
Question 3. Not 100% sure
It would be D because we know more from that character.
Answer:
An-mei's mother committed such a heinous act in the past that her own mother refuses to acknowledge her existence. What did it mean in An-mei's family to become a ghost? A ghost meant anything they "were forbidden to talk about," not that her mother was dead.
The correct answer is D. The common people in the United States give the nation its vitality.
When Whitman says, "<em>Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people" </em>he means that the common people or the majority in the US (middle class) enrich the nation. While in other countries, the upper classes have the most vitality, the same is not true for the United States. Option A, B and C are incorrect because they claim that the wealthy upper class and/or people from other countries have the most vitality.
