I believe the answer is "It does not state a life lesson, whereas a theme does"
The correct sentence is "I think you left your biology notebook on the bleachers yesterday* because the sentence requires the form which represents belonging
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
Answer:
The meaning of the underlined idiom in the excerpt is "People should not criticize others if they have similar problems."
Explanation:
Laments is closest to "wails" in the list.
Example:
The man lamented the death of his wife.
