Read the excerpt from Loom and Spindle . That was a hard, cold winter; and for warmth's sake my mother and her four children all slept in one bed, two at the foot and three at the head,—but her richer neighbor could not get the little daughter; and, contrary to all the modern notions about hygiene, we were a healthful and a robust brood. Which statement best reflects the narrator’s perspective in the excerpt?
Answer
A
She wishes modern families would adopt her family’s thrifty habits.
B
She believes that poverty inflicted suffering on her family.
C
She believes that her family endured poverty with strength.
D
She wishes she had understood the rules of hygiene as a young girl.