In the Year 1974

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Why does the author’s father not eat “other people’s” foods mainly?

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he feels that each culture should stick to its own foods

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What does the detail in paragraph 5 mainly support about the author?
"Then we rode the elevator all the way up to the top of the UT Tower, and I felt my ears pop for the first time."

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was lacking experience in many common things

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What is most likely the meaning of souvenir as it is used in the following passage - Rolando came along the night we played putt-putt. He beat all of us because he knew how to hit his ball so it would go under the windmill just right. When we finished playing, he asked me if I wanted a souvenir. I said yes, thinking he was going to buy me a T-shirt at the front booth. But instead, he took my putter and tossed it over the fence, into some hedges. Then we all walked out, and Rolando grabbed the putter for me. “There’s your souvenir,” he said.

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an item taken to remember an event

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Why is the author amazed by the pizza in the passage?

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It was unlike anything he had ever seen.

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Why is the author of the essay excited to introduce pizza to his parents?

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He wants to show his parents that he is becoming more mature and independent.

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The author of the essay continues to eat pizza as he grows older mainly because _____________

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It represents discovery and adventure to him