21. What tone does this passage convey? Hannah’s neighbors had been planning a surprise birthday party for her for weeks. She had no idea what they were planning. On the day of her birthday, she and her daughter went shopping. When they came back, Hannah told her daughter to go ahead of her and unlock the door. When she opened the door, Hannah saw the lights in her house go on and heard “Surprise!” She laughed and realized that her daughter’s entrance had started the party. A. angry B. pessimistic C. optimistic D. humorous

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york