Read the central idea from "A Home Away from Home." The author and her family followed certain customs to prepare to travel to the farm.

How does the author develop this central idea over the course of the memoir?

Select the two correct answers.

A. by describing the way Mama made dinner on the night before the trip

B. by describing things that she and her Grandma Rose had in common

C. by describing the way the cousins felt when they saw each other again

D. by describing the way the narrator and her siblings got the car ready