Answer: E) My mother considered the idea of a child sleeping alone a cruel American practice.
This sentence shows that the mother had a cultural background that was different from the American one. Even though for most Americans, a child sleeping alone would be common, for her it was a cruel practice. The excerpt shows that Hema's mother does not endorse all American practices, which indicates she has a different cultural heritage, in this case, a Bengali one.
The correct answer is A) the setting of a small town during the Great Depression affects the characters and plot of "Gumption" in a way that the characters face difficult problems with few resources.
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I think it's the bookcase!
Okay. I hope I'm right with this
1.) Princes is showing ownership so it's princes' rescues is rescue's and dragons is dragon's
2.) Chocolates would be Chocolate's, and again, ownership, mothers is mothers'
3.) You don't put an apostrophe in takes because you don't put apostrophes in verbs. There is no apostrophe in minutes because it's telling how many minutes it takes to get somewhere. Of course in a sentence like, "Let's have a minute's talk," you would place an apostrophe but not in this case. (Not sure about this answer) And suns you would put an apostrophe after the s because it is again showing ownership.
4.) Don't put an apostrophe in lilacs or curtains because grammar rules are weird. But you do put an apostrophe after the s in rooms because it's the rooms charm. The room owns that charm and it's talking about just one room.
Hope this helps. I don't know if everything I've said is right but I've done my best.