Question

Which of these excerpts from “Once in a Lifetime” by Jhumpa Lahiri best exemplifies an exploration of diversity within socioeconomic status?
A:In my quiet, complicated way I continued to like you, was happy simply to observe you day after day
B:On one side was the life we'd always led, my parents taking me to Star Market every Thursday night, treating me to McDonalds afterward.
C:My parents felt slighted by your parents' extravagant visions, ashamed of the modest home we owned.
D:The brief application of lipstick seemed to restore the composure that my sudden appearance had caused her to lose

Answer 1

"My parents felt slighted by your parents' extravagant visions, ashamed of the modest home we owned" is the one excerpt from “Once in a Lifetime” by Jhumpa Lahiri that best exemplifies an exploration of diversity within socioeconomic status. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "C". 

Answer 2

Once in A Lifetime is from the 2nd part of Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth which is the collection of short stories. Like the other stories this story also deals with the cultural issues of Bengali Americans. Told from the perspective of the third-person, according to the option C, the narrator tells the difference of the modest house of her friend in this excerpt.