How many dependent clauses does this sentence have? My father cooked spaghetti for dinner, and I made the salad and garlic bread.

None.

Explanation:

A dependent clause is a group of words or phrases that do not make a complete thought and cannot be used or taken as a complete sentence. To be a complete sentence, it needs an independent clause.

In the given sentence, there are two independent clauses with no dependent clause. the independent clauses are "my father cooked spaghetti for dinner" and "I made the salad and garlic bread". And with the use of the coordinating conjunction "and", the sentence becomes a compound sentence.

Thus, there are no dependent clauses in the given sentence.

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.