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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".

But Laura's inventing days were over just as Yoyo's were starting up with her school-wide 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 if, after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad and said, "Okay, Cuquita, here's the buck. You give it a shot."

Which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt?

The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom "You give it a shot" is "her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad." This suggests that the idiom means to give something a try or attempt.

The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom "here's the buck" in this excerpt is "her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad."

The underlined idiom in this excerpt is "give it a shot." The context clue that provides the best hint for the meaning of this idiom is "her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad." The fact that Yoyo's mother passed on her pencil and pad to her suggests that she is encouraging Yoyo to try something and give it a try. Therefore, the idiom "give it a shot" means to attempt or try something.