4. According to the glossary, what is the part of speech
for the word persecution?

hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

Example:

her family fled religious persecution"

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

c. in order of atomic number