Well the “rules of a triangle” state c^2 = a^2 + b^2. So fill in numbers from the letter choices and see which one fits the expression.
Mexico
Evidence:
she would sit
and talk
of her girlhood --
of things strange to me:
Mexico
epidemics
relatives shot
her father’s hopes
of this country --
how they sank
with cement dust to his insides
"Throughout the years, numerous organizations offered aid to immigrants at Ellis Island."
that is the best one from the sentences you provided, hope it helps
Yes it matters in the story