Answer:
Their father died when the boys were young.
Explanation:
The paragraph states that after Philipp Grimm died, the family became poor. It is a direct cause-and-effect situation. It would not be the second answer choice because they were reduced to poverty which means they were not always poor. The paragraph does not state that the high school was expensive just that they needed financial assistance for 2 of the boys. The passage does not mention that Jakob and Wilhelm were struggling writers.
