Read the passages from “a smart cookie” by sandra cisneros and from “an hour with abuelo” by judith ortiz cofer. you want to know why i quit school? because i didn’t have any nice clothes. no clothes, but i had brains. yup, she said disgusted, stirring again. i was a smart cookie then. abuelo then puts the notebook down on his lap and closes his eyes. “así es la vida [that’s the way life is] is the title of my book,” he says in a whisper, almost to himself. as esperanza’s mother and arturo’s abuelo talk about their choices, what do they have in common? they are happy as they talk about their choices. they are regretful as they talk about their choices. they are unconcerned as they talk about their choices. they are indifferent as they talk about their choices.

B) They are regretful as they talk about their choices. 

Explanation: In the given passages from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros and from “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz we can see that Esperanza's mother and Arturo's abuelo both have in common that they are regretful about some of the choices they have made in their life, like, for example, Esperanza's mother regrets quitting school, and Arturo's abuelo seems regretful in general.

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answer: a

explanation: a because she needs to study for her test and get grades for it