Read the paragraph and answer the question. When Philipp Grimm died in 1796, the family was reduced to near poverty. Jakob looked after the other children; even Wilhelm obeyed him. Only help from relatives allowed Jakob and Wilhelm to go to high school. Some teachers looked down on them for being poor, but the boys took honors as the best students. How did the family become poor in the article? Their father died when the boys were young. They were always poor. Their school tuition was very expensive. Jakob and Wilhelm were struggling writers.