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Directions: Read the passage, and answer the question that follows.

When she opened the cupboards, an ache slid down her forehead into her nasal passage and throbbed on the roof of each nostril. It continued like an arrow into her skull, and skated up and down her neck until it had no place else to go. Mildred gave her head a good shake. Bags of black-eyed peas, pinto beans, butter beans, lima beans, and a big bag of rice stared her in the face. She opened another cabinet and there sat half a jar of peanut butter, a can of sweet peas and carrots, one can of creamed corn, and two cans of pork-n-beans. There was nothing in the refrigerator except a few crinkly apples she'd gotten from the apple man two weeks ago, a stick of margarine, four eggs, a quart of milk, a box of lard, a can of PET milk, and a two-inch piece of salt pork.
She put on a pot of pinto beans. Mildred knew the kids were tired of them, and so was she, but at least they would last a few days. . . . She chopped up a yellow onion and set it on the table, then took the lonely piece of salt pork from the refrigerator. She threw them both into the pot, sneezed, then wiped her tearing eyes. The only time Mildred cried on her own accord was when she peeled onions.
. . . By six o'clock the beans were thick and simmered but the house had grown colder and colder. . . . Mildred made [the children] huddle in front of the warm open oven while they ate their beans and rice and corn bread. She wasn't hungry and just sipped her last beer.

--Mama (1987), Terry McMillan

What can you infer about Mildred?
a.
She doesn't cry about her problems.
b.
She doesn't like chopping onions.
c.
She enjoys cooking for her children.
d.
Her husband left her with no money.


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

Answer 1

a.

She doesn't cry about her problems.

Step-by-step explanation:

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"The only time Mildred cried on her own accord was when she peeled onions."

after a fight, Mildred throws her husband out of the house. On her own in the poor town of Point Haven, Michigan, Mildred scrimps and drinks, works and goes on welfare, struggling to raise her kids and keep her sanity.

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