Why does the author include details about the narrator’s brother making the baseball team in "the all-american slurp"?

to reveal the importance of physical fitness to the lin family
to highlight the lins’ admiration for american traditions
to illustrate the similarities between sports in america and china
to emphasize that each member of the lin family discovers how to fit in

Which statements describe the relationship of earth and its moon? check all that apply.the moon orbits earth following a nearly circular path.the gravitational pull of earth on the moon is parallel to the velocity of the moon.the moon orbits earth in 1 earth day.the same face of the moon always points toward earth.the moon’s orbit is the result of the interaction between the moon’s inertia and the gravitational force from earth