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
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.