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read the excerpt from enrique’s journey.
moreover, the mara salvatrucha street gangsters, some deported from los angeles, always prowl the train tops looking for sleepers. many ms gangsters settle in chiapas after committing crimes in the united states and being expelled to their home countries in central america. the police in chiapas are more forgiving of gangs than those in el salvador or honduras.
how does the meaning of the underlined word, prowl, support the author’s purpose in this excerpt?
select two options.
a. it illustrates that the police overlook the gangsters’ crimes.
b. it shows what happens when police allow gangsters to operate.
c. it indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.
d. it explains why the gangsters were sent back to their home countries.
e. it supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.

C. It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.

E. It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.

Explanation:

Prowl means to sneak around, stalk. These two options best support what it means to prowl.

The answers are C (It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people) and E (It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities)

Explanation:

The word prowl could be exemplified as the way that animals hunt. They stare at the prey for a time and then they attack. The staring and moving slowly part is Prowling.

The text says that the street gangsters prowl the train tops, where homeless people usually seek shelter, therefore, they look for vulnerable people, as they know that homeless situation makes people needy and really accessible. This procedure, supports the fact that they are not looking for people to do legal things, which drives to the fact that they look for people to perform criminal activities.

it the climax in the poem