Who is esperanza’s older friend that values education enough to take two trains to the university “because she doesn’t want to spend her whole life in factory or behind a rolling pin.”?

That would be Alicia. If I remember correctly, she studies every night; fearful of her father. Esperanza admires her older friend for that.

Iwould go with write exactly two extra paragraphs to point out additional information. but the keyword "exactly" throws me off. leads me to believe it's d. go with your gut feeling. either "write exactly two extra paragraphs" or "none of these".