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What can we infer about Marta's family when we learn she is being raised by her grandparents?

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She's angry but knows Grandpa is right. Martha is sad the next day when she goes to see the principal. She tells him her grandfather won't pay.

Step-by-step explanation:

Her father was a farm labourer and couldn't afford all of his children, so Martha went to live with her grandparents when she was six. He was quietly pleased and told Martha to go see if her grandmother needed help with dinner. Marta's grandfather is an illiterate person but he is a man of principle. He has a sublime and elevated personality. He is a straightforward and hardworking man and that's why he refused to give money to Marta for the Scholarship Jacket because he knew that it must be free. In that sense, he was a wise man. He teaches her to stand up for herself, and if the jacket is a reward she shouldn't have to pay. Martha: an intelligent Mexican American girl in eighth grade who lives on her grandfather's farm. Martha's Grandpa: a strong-willed and determined farmer who cares about Martha. The School Principal:a man that is caring for all of the students at the school. The story is told by Marta's point of view in 1st person.

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