our first car\n(1) i remember the first car we ever had. (2) dad came clattering into the yard as proud as…

our first car\n(1) i remember the first car we ever had. (2) dad came clattering into the yard as proud as he could be sitting on the top of something that looked like a horseless carriage. (3) it was a big box with four wheels. (4) that old tin lizzie rattled and shot smoke out the back. (5) loud enough to wake the dead.\n(6) mom was mad as a wet hen! (7) \where did you get that thing?\ she asked him. (8) hed been gone all day, and she knew he had been talking to bud graves. (9) bud had one of the first cars ever built.\n(10) \aw, hon, this machine will get us to town and back in half a day. (11) everybodys gonna have one soon. (12) we dont want to be the last people around to get one.\\n(13) dad called us all out in the yard to see the new machine. (14) the car didnt have a top, so the people riding in it caught the rain and dust and every other flying object. (15) the engine was mounted on top of the body. (16) it looked as if it was about to fall off. (17) dad told us to get in, and cranked the thing by hand. (18) the motor started up, but it shook so hard i almost fell off.\n(19) we kids were proud. (20) it didnt matter to us that the ride past the neighbors houses was bumpy. (21) it took mom a little longer to get used to our tin lizzie.\n2\nwhich sentence could best be added after sentence 9?\na. we lived almost three miles away from town.\nb. the tires were made out of solid rubber.\nc. all cars were painted black in those days.\nd. mom knew that dad really wanted to get one.

our first car\n(1) i remember the first car we ever had. (2) dad came clattering into the yard as proud as he could be sitting on the top of something that looked like a horseless carriage. (3) it was a big box with four wheels. (4) that old tin lizzie rattled and shot smoke out the back. (5) loud enough to wake the dead.\n(6) mom was mad as a wet hen! (7) \where did you get that thing?\ she asked him. (8) hed been gone all day, and she knew he had been talking to bud graves. (9) bud had one of the first cars ever built.\n(10) \aw, hon, this machine will get us to town and back in half a day. (11) everybodys gonna have one soon. (12) we dont want to be the last people around to get one.\\n(13) dad called us all out in the yard to see the new machine. (14) the car didnt have a top, so the people riding in it caught the rain and dust and every other flying object. (15) the engine was mounted on top of the body. (16) it looked as if it was about to fall off. (17) dad told us to get in, and cranked the thing by hand. (18) the motor started up, but it shook so hard i almost fell off.\n(19) we kids were proud. (20) it didnt matter to us that the ride past the neighbors houses was bumpy. (21) it took mom a little longer to get used to our tin lizzie.\n2\nwhich sentence could best be added after sentence 9?\na. we lived almost three miles away from town.\nb. the tires were made out of solid rubber.\nc. all cars were painted black in those days.\nd. mom knew that dad really wanted to get one.

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Brief Explanations:

Sentence 9 mentions Bud having one of the first cars ever built. Option D connects well as it relates to Mom's knowledge of Dad's desire to get a car, continuing the narrative flow about the family's connection to cars. Options A, B, and C introduce new - and somewhat unrelated - details at this point in the story.

Answer:

D. Mom knew that Dad really wanted to get one.