Which statement from the passage most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 7?

Answer choices for the above question

A. “A mother who can read can understand the label on a food container.”

B. “It's one of the big changes. Reading —the mothers are also learning, reading books, and reading with their children.”

C. “In villages around the world, mothers who read can then teach their children how to read.”

D. “Across the globe, more than 800 million people are illiterate.”

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house