Read the excerptirom "Daughter of Invention". But Laura's inventing clays were over just as Yoyo's were starting up with her school-vide success. Rather than the rolling suitcase everyone.else in the family remembers, Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention It was as it.after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pacl and said, "Okay, Cuquita, here's the buck. You give it a shot? Which context chee provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined itiom in this excerpt? But Laira's inventing days were over the ralling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad

## Step 1<br />The problem asks us to identify the context that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in the given excerpt. The underlined idiom is "her last invention".<br /><br />## Step 2<br />To solve this problem, we need to understand the meaning of the idiom "her last invention". In this context, the idiom refers to the last creation or work of Laura, which is the speech she wrote.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />Next, we need to analyze each of the given options to see which one provides the best context for the idiom.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />Option A, "But Laura's inventing days were over", does not provide any direct context for the idiom.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Option B, "the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers", also does not provide any direct context for the idiom.<br /><br />## Step 6<br />Option C, "Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention", provides a direct context for the idiom. It shows that the speech Laura wrote is considered her last invention.<br /><br />## Step 7<br />Option D, "after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad", does not provide any direct context for the idiom.