Question
People assumed that Grandmother didn't know English, but
she could understand and speak it well. She was just
proud. tried to convince her that no one cared about her
accent, but she disagreed. I told her this wasn't like back
home, where she would be looked down upon for any little
grammatical error. But she didn't belleve me. She had lived
too long in a country where one's speech reflected his or
ner status.
how could the author bestresolve this situation to create a feeling of
humorous trumph?
C A. The grandmother uses her new language perfectly to respond to a
man who belleved she coulan understand nis insults.
CB. The grandmother moves back to her native country, where she is
able to express herself freely.
C. The narrator continues encouraging the grandmother and working
with her to perrect ner language sans.
© D. The grandmother continues to speak only her native language, but
the narrator is glad that ne lives in a omingua: nousenora.
Answer
A. The grandmother uses her new language perfectly to respond to a man who believed she couldn't understand his insults.