Which quotation provides the best evidence for the central
idea of this excerpt?
"In this house Trujillo is Chief."
"The pale face of a young military man wearing a
plumed bicorne hat and a goldbraided uniform looked
down beneficently at my mother."
"Sometimes in her daydreams, her great love wore the
handsome young dictator's face.
"Never having seen him my mother could not know the
portrait was heavily retouched."

" Never having seen him my mother could not know the portrait was heavily retouched"

Explanation:

We can infer that the quotation that provides the best evidence for the central idea is " Never having seen him my mother could not know the portrait was heavily retouched"

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Never having seen him my mother could not know the

portrait was heavily retouched.

Explanation:

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