Based on the passage, what was Mora’s purpose for writing her essay? to encourage readers to recognize and embrace diversity to entertain readers with stories about her childhood to inform readers about mountains on the US/Mexico border to persuade readers to vote for leaders who support education and the arts

Afarmer began a new method of reducing grain spills. this reduced the number of mice on the farm. the number of snakes in the surrounding area decreased at the same time. the snakes depended on the mice that lived in the field. what’s the likely reason the snake population decreased? a. the number of snake predators increased. b. the number of mice increased. c. the number of mice decreased. d. the pesticides affected the snakes. e. a new breed of mice moved into the field.