When the narrator said "Grandfather believed that a well-rooted tree was the color of money", he meant that the tree gave Grandfather food for him and his family to survive.
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Explanation: "I turned to the candies, tiered like bleachers," Metaphor. A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is described as if it were another.
Key words are important because it tell you what kind of math you should use like ex. manny had 20$ worth of apples and keth had 10$ worth of pears how much money did they send TOGETHER ( means to add) so 20+10=30 hope this helps