Read the passage from "Two Kinds.” I could see why my mother was fascinated by the music. It was being pounded out by a little Chinese girl, about nine years old, with a Peter Pan haircut. The girl had the sauciness of a Shirley Temple. She was proudly modest like a proper Chinese Child. And she also did this fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded slowly to the floor like the petals of a large carnation.

Which Chinese cultural values are revealed by the passage?

A. obedience and self-control
B. self-control and conformity
C. conformity and love of family
D. obedience and good reputation

B. self-control and conformity

Explanation:

According to the passage from "Two Kinds.”, the narrator talks about her mother's fascination with the music because it was being pounded out by a little Chinese girl who had a Peter Pan haircut and moved gracefully.

Therefore, the Chinese cultural values that are revealed by the passage are self-control and conformity

the correct answer would be:  

a. adverb phrase

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.