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QuizMultiple Choice

A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer — Cumulative exam

Question 45 • TX-English III - BISD B

Read the excerpt from Richard Wright’s Black Boy.“Mama, I’m hungry,” I complained one afternoon.“Jump up and catch a kungry,” she said, trying to make me laugh and forget.“What’s a kungry?”“It’s what little boys eat when they get hungry,” she said.In this excerpt, Wright’s mother is

Answer
A
attempting to teach her son a lesson.
B
misunderstanding her son’s feelings.
C
using humor to help her son feel better.
D
presenting a solution to her son’s problem.