What is the author's tone within the article "grading colleges on access to the american dream"?

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Explanation:

a. What had caused the strains in the writer's father's face?

The strains in the writer's father's face was due to ageing.

b. What is the writer convinced about?

The writer was convinced that women sang his father praises when he looked at his youthful pictures.

c. What had robbed of the writer's mother's strength?

The writer's mother has been robbed of her strength through childbearing.

d.What had emptied the writer's mother's breasts?

The writer's mother's breasts have been emptied through

breast feeding.

e. Why does the writer's mother still sell?

The writer's mother still sell her petty trading activities.

f. The writer's parents represent in their extended families

The writer's parents represent the head in their extended families.

gi. Women sang him praises - This means that the women told his father how handsome he was.

ii. Still carries on with - It means the mother stills continue selling her petty trading activities.

hi. Dawned on - To realize something.

ii. Robbed of - To take something from someone or deprive someone of a particular thing.

III. Rarely - Seldomly, Not often.

iv. Authority​ - Power.