It seems to me like the third choice. hope this helps
Answer:
Esperanza does not want to grow up like her mother.
Explanation:
I would say that this is the answer. Options 2 and 3 don't seem to have anything to do with her mother. Option 1 is talking about the smell of Esperanza's mother's hair and not necessarily about her mother as a person. Option 4 sounds like the only one that is talking about her mother.
Answer:
The publishing houses rejected his poems and stories.
Explanation:
Walter Dean Myers shared the story of his life and his effort to see that young people succeed in the face of hard times in an interview with BBC news on 5/6/2012.
There he told them he was committed to writing based on the advice that was given to him by one of his high school teachers.
He said in his attempt to get his works published, he sent his poems and stories to publishing houses and they were rejected on countless occasions. His first book to be published is "where does the day go?" after several failed attempts.