Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

“Mr. Fletcher would beat you on the head if you didn’t have it now,” said Leota reasonably. “After going this far.”
Mrs. Fletcher sat up straight. “Mr. Fletcher can’t do a thing with me.”
“He can’t!” Leota winked at herself in the mirror.
“No siree, he can’t. If he so much as raises his voice again
st me, he knows good and well I’ll have one of my sick headaches, and then I’m just not fit to live with. And if I really look that pregnant already—“

What mood is reflected by Mrs. Fletcher’s language?

rebellious
proud
pleased
hurt

Answer 1

You can cancel out pleased and hurt as they are wrong answers.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) rebellious.

The mood that is reflected by Mrs. Fletcher language is rebellious.

This is clearly stated in the excerpt when Mrs. Fletcher says: “Mr. Fletcher can’t do a thing with me. He can’t. If he so much as raises his voice at me, he knows good and well I’ll have one of my sick headaches and then I’m just not fit to live with.”.

Her language is rebellious. She expresses with irony and she sounds confident, maybe rude, and shows no respect to his husband, Mr. Fletcher.