Read the two excerpts from The Red Umbrella.

Excerpt 1

"Prove yourself how?” Mamá tucked in her cotton blouse.

He shrugged. "Show them I’m a good revolutionary.” He looked at me and Frankie. "They mentioned the kids several times. Said that Lucía needs to volunteer to work on the farms or join the brigades if she wants to finish her education. And Frankie’ll have to join the Pioneros group to learn all about the revolution.”

"No.” Mamá put her hands on her hips. "I won’t do that. There’s no way I’m sending my daughter away. Revolutionaries taking care of her. It’s absurd!”


Excerpt 2

Papá smiled and looked over at Mamá. She stared at the floor.

"You think that now. But Frankie’s young. He won’t even realize it.” Papá touched my cheek. I noticed a slight tremble in his hand. "And you, mi hija preciosa. They won’t even let you finish school if you don’t join the revolution.”

He stood, put his hands in his pockets, and took a few steps back.

"This is so hard,” he muttered.

"Papá . . .” I leaned forward, afraid that I already knew what he was about to say.

"Your mother and I have decided . . .” Papá walked over and put his arm on Mamá’s shoulder. She sat frozen in place. "We’ve made plans for you to leave Cuba . . . tomorrow.”

Which best describes how Mamá has changed from the first excerpt to the second?

She becomes more determined to keep her children with her.
She becomes more trusting of the revolutionaries in her country.
She resigns herself to the idea of her children leaving home.
She convinces herself that her family can fight the revolutionaries.