Officially:
1. of or relating to an office or a post of authority
2. authorized by a proper authority; authoritative
3. holding office or serving in a public capacity
4. characteristic of or befitting a person of authority; formal

which is the best meaning for officially as it is used in this sentence?

that means no statues of liberty are officially allowed running down the road, as with other large festive races such as the bay-to-breakers 12k in san francisco.
a) definition 1
b) definition 2
c) definition 3
d) definition 4

B because the statues has no authoritative permission which matches definition 2

answer; ///i believe that the correct answer is (a) poorly repaired

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.