Read this excerpt from "Thank You, Ma'am.”The woman said, "Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that." Pause. Silence. "I have done things, too, which I would not tell you, son—neither tell God, if he didn’t already know. So you set down while I fix us something to eat. You might run that comb through your hair so you will look presentable." Which statement best describes the characters in this excerpt?
Answer
A
The protagonist brags about herself.
B
The protagonist surprises the antagonist.
C
The antagonist is more clever than the protagonist.
D
The antagonist beats the protagonist in a contest of wits.