Read the excerpt from “Land for Free.”

Finally, Hans turned and limped back to the waiting Bauers with a smile as wide as the prairie. He held his claim paper in the air and grinned at his son. “Now, we are home!” he said.

Why does Hans say that the family is finally “home”?

because they journeyed across the country
because they learned how to speak a new language
because they made friends with other Americans
because they have their own land to farm