Question

What do the personal details of the following paragraph suggest about Romo’s evolving perspective on what it means to be from “The Pass”?

As a writer and historian whose job it is to retrieve the past, I realize now that El Paso was a good place to grow up. I didn’t always feel this way. I spent most of my life trying to get out of “the Pass.” As soon as I graduated from high school I split. I studied in Palo Alto for four years, lived two years in Jerusalem, and five in Florence. About a decade ago, I finally exhausted my wanderlust and came back to where I’m from. I came back because I have history here, or should I say, layers and layers of history that I’m still learning how to uncover.


A. Romo's perspective changes from animosity for El Paso to appreciation.


B. Romo's perspective changes from content with El Paso to loathing.

C.Romo's perspective changes from pleased with El Paso to disgruntled.

D.Romo's perspective changes from apathetic about El Paso to indifferent.

Answer 1

The answer is A. Romo's perspective changes from animosity for El Paso to appreciation.

Animosity is strong hostility, and his distaste for El Paso was stated in "I spent most of my life trying to get out of "The Pass.""

He learned to appreciate his hometown over time, which is supported by the first sentence: "As a writer and historian whose job it is to retrieve the past, I realize now that El Paso was a good place to grow up."