Question

1. PART A: Which statement expresses the central

idea of the text?

A Mahes continues to return to prison because
New York City refuses to give him the help
that he keeps directly asking for
B Mahes doesn't like spending a majority of his
life in prison, but it offers him safety from the
threats he would face on the street.
C Mahes intentionally gets arrested so that he
can have access to food and security that he
does not have when homeless in New York
City.
D Mahes has been denied shelter and job
opportunities because of the assumptions
people make about the homeless.

Answer 1

c. Mahes intentionally gets arrested so that he

can have access to food and security that he

does not have when homeless in New York

City.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

C Mahes intentionally gets arrested so that he

can have access to food and security that he

does not have when homeless in New York

City.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gangaram Mahes is a homeless thief who prefers going to jail where he can get three square meals everyday.

Occasionally, when he's not in jail for a repeated offence, he is living the life eating a good meal at a decent restaurant and wearing clean clothes but when he runs out of money, he perpetrates a crime and calmly waits for the police to pick him up and to send him to a cell at Riker's Island where he is guaranteed three meals a day.