![]() (7) She couldn't be there when I graduated from Boston University, but the person who came with my father and shared our joy was my former teacher, Marjorie Hurd. (6) She had always dreamed of her children receiving an education. (5) In our isolated Greek village, my mother had bribed a cousin to teach her to read, for girls were not supposed to attend school beyond a certain age. (4) I found the much-worn photo in his pocket on the day he died 20 years later. (3) He clipped out the photograph, had it laminated in plastic and carried it in his breast pocket for the rest of his life to show everyone he met. (2) When the Worcester paper ran a picture of me standing next to President Kennedy, my father rushed out to buy a new suit in order to be properly dressed to receive the congratulations of the Worcester Greeks. ![]() (1) For a refugee who had never seen a motorized vehicle or indoor plumbing until he was 9, this was an unimaginable honor. ![]() Then write the answers to the questions that follow.
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