Why does the narrator comment that $35 would buy new bunk beds, or would pay for a trip for the family to see their grandfather, or pay the rent?

What will be an ideal response?


Because that's the amount the toy clown costs and she cannot believe that people spend that much money on a toy.

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A. Guatemala B. Nicaragua

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A. the swift passage of time B. realism C. the poet's attempt to capture the real D. the high wire flight

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