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QuizMultiple Choice

Case Study: Populations Displaced by War and Genocide

Question 3 • CA-Ethnic Studies

Read the passage from the essay "War Stories: A Bosnian-American Retraces Her Father’s Footsteps.”I could tell my father wanted to give me answers but something stopped him from being able to delve directly into the truth. It seemed like the only way he could think about the war was in short bursts that flashed by quickly enough to repress any emotions they might stir.I watched the facade slowly chip away around him so that I could finally see through the stoic, self-made man—who had juggled multiple warehouse jobs to keep up with the American Dream, moving up in position despite barely having a high school education—to the traumatised refugee beneath.It was then that I knew I had to go back to Sarajevo to try to put the pieces together myself. I would have to trace my father’s footsteps through the city with whatever clues I could gather about his life.Why does the author decide to go to Europe?

Answer
A
to better understand how displacement has affected her family
B
to study the Bosnian language and recover what she’s forgotten
C
to determine if she would prefer to live in Eastern Europe
D
to locate the documents that she needs to apply for US citizenship

Explanation

The author realizes that her father cannot talk openly about the war and sees the trauma beneath his stoic exterior. She decides to retrace his footsteps in Sarajevo and gather clues about his life so she can understand what happened to him and how it affected their family. This matches choice A, “to better understand how displacement has affected her family.”

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