"tuesday siesta: " which of the following inferences about the mother is best supported by the passage?
a) the mother is cruel and demanding.
b) the mother is stern, but caring.
c) the mother is generous and joyful.
d) the mother is critical, but insecure.

Even though your question is missing the passage, we can safely choose as the best option:

B) The mother is stern, but caring.

Explanation:

"Tuesday Siesta" is a short story by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A woman and her daughter, whose poverty and simplicity are visible, travel to a far away town with the intention of paying respects to someone who was killed. It turns out it was the woman's son, who was shot to death while trying to break into a house.

Throughout the story, the narrator shows us the mother is a stern woman. When she talks to her daughter, she does it directly and seriously, giving short orders. When addressing other people, she is still direct, but also polite. Her tone and her expression show she cares about her family and others. They show her heart is good. Even though she does not cry for her lost son, she loves him, she speaks fondly of him. Her toughness and straightforwardness probably come from the difficulties she's had to face in life.

The woman stopped eating.

“Put on your shoes,” she said.

[...]

“Comb your hair,” she said.

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“If you feel like doing anything, do it now,” said the woman. “Later, don’t take a drink anywhere even if you’re  dying of thirst. Above all, no crying.”

[...]

The girl wrapped the flowers in the soaking‐wet newspapers, moved a little farther away from the window, and stared at her mother. She received a pleasant expression in return.

[...]

“The train leaves at three thirty,” said the woman.

It was a brief and self‐assured reply, but her voice remained pleasant, full of undertones. The woman of the house smiled for the first time.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.