A couple questions

And so my grandfather sat on the narrow wooden bench in the little room while Gertrud the maid counted out the
wrapped four-ounce packages of coffee, four of them, and he looked at the scales and saw that the pound weight was
still lying on the left-hand scales; Frau Balek von Bilgan was busy with preparations for the banquet. And when
Gertrud was about to put her hand into the jar with the lemon drops to give my grandfather one, she discovered it was
empty: it was refilled once a year, and held one kilo of the kind that cost a mark.
6. The writer uses detailed numeric description in this paragraph most likely to (1 point)
emphasize the extravagance and generosity of the Bilgan family.
show the precision with which all aspects of the household are run.
imply that the narrator's grandfather is able to calculate numbers quickly.
highlight the difference in social status between the workers and members of the household.
Read the following paragraph from "The Balek Scales."
The snow had soaked through his cheap shoes, and in the forest the branches had showered him with snow which
was now melting, and he was tired and hungry and suddenly began to cry because he thought of the quantities of
mushrooms, the herbs, the flowers, which had been weighed on the scales which were short five pebbles' worth of
justice.
7. The main character begins to cry most likely because he (1 point)
is suddenly very uncomfortable in his wet clothing.
realizes that he will have to travel the same path home.
understands the extent to which generations have been cheated
is worried about the punishment he will receive when he gets home.
8. Which of the following sentences from "The Balek Scales" best supports the theme of injustice? (1 point)
“When the Baleks von Bilgan went to High Mass on New Year's Day, their new coat of arms—a giant crouching
under a fir tree—already emblazoned in blue and gold on their carriage, they saw the hard, pale faces of the
people all staring at them.”
“My grandfather's little sister Ludmilla lost her life, a few men were wounded, and one of the gendarmes was
stabbed to death by Wilhelm Vohla the poacher.”
“But a great many gendarmes appeared, and the men and women were threatened with prison, and the Baleks
forced the priest to display the scales publicly in the school and demonstrate that the finger of justice swung to
and fro accurately.”
“My grandfather's parents had to leave the village, and the new grave of their little daughter; they became
basket weavers, but did not stay long anywhere because it pained them to see how everywhere the finger of
justice swung falsely.”
For the following sentence, choose the word that defines the word in bold.
9. True, there were some among these quiet people who flouted the law, poachers bent on making more
money in one night than they could earn in a whole month in the flax sheds . . .
(1 point)
enforced
obeyed
defied
enacted