Passage 22 My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926. They lived in Chicago when my grandfather worked making ice cream. Mama 1) _____ in the urban environment. At 16, she graduated first in her high school class, went onto secretarial school, and finally worked as an executive secretary for a railroad company. She was beautiful too. When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she felt pleased. Her favorite 2) _____ showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the 3) _____. My parents were married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man. He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him with a 4) _____ limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers 5)_____. HEe had little formal schooling. His English was self-taught. Yet he 6) _____ built a small successful wholesale candy business. Dad was generous and handsome. Mama 7) _____ him. After she married, my mother 8)_____ and gave herself to her family. In 1950, with three small children, dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and 9) _____ to the city to run his business. Mama said good-bye to her parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more 10) _____ life. But she never complained.