Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".I gave her a packet of tomato seedsand asked her to plant them for me, told herwhen the first tomato ripenedshe’d miss me.The narrator gives the impression that

The narrator asks her to plant tomato seeds and says she will miss him when the first tomato ripens. Since growing tomatoes takes time, this suggests he expects to be away for a long while. The best answer is “she will be gone for a long time.”

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