6 When Geraldine's mother first took sick and went away, Geraldine had been on her own except when Miss Gladys next door came in on Thursdays and cleaned the apartment and made a meat
loaf so Geraldine could have dinner. But in those days Geraldine never quite managed to get
breakfast for herself. So she'd sit through social studies class, scraping her feet to cover up the
noise of her stomach growling.

The imagery in paragraph 6 helps the reader

3. Understand how Geraldine survived on her own
4. Visualize how hungry Geraldine was