Question

Read the two excerpts about Pilar from Dreaming in Cuban.

Excerpt 1: They called me brujita, little witch. I stared at them, tried to make them go away.

Excerpt 2: Another woman, an elderly mulatta, claimed that her hair was falling out from the menacing stares the baby gave her.

Which statement is the best synthesis for the two excerpts?

A. Most Cuban women rely on the services of nannies when raising their children.
B. Supernatural experiences are frequently dismissed as being coincidental in Cuban culture.
C. Inexplicable events are sometimes interpreted as supernatural experiences in Cuban culture.
D. Many Cuban children remember the earliest events of their childhood.

Answer 1

C. Inexplicable events are sometimes interpreted as supernatural experiences in Cuban culture.

it's true, I'm Cuban

Answer 2

Answer: C. Inexplicable events are sometimes interpreted as supernatural experiences in Cuban culture.

Explanation: In the given excerpts about Pilar from Dreaming in Cuban, we can see two situations where supernatural experiences are used to explain events, in the first excerpt, she stared at the people who called her "brujita" to make them go away, and in the second excerpt, a woman claimed that her hair was falling out for the stares the baby gave her. So the correct answer is option C.