“¿quieres chicle? ” the lady asks in a spanish too big for her mouth. “gracias.” the lady gives him a whole handful of gum for free, little cellophane cubes of chiclets, cinnamon and aqua and the white ones that don’t taste like anything but are good for pretend buck teeth. “por favor,” says the lady. “¿un foto? ” pointing to her camera. “si.” she’s so busy taking junior’s picture, she doesn’t notice me and keeks. which statement best describes the irony of the woman’s actions? a: she speaks spanish better than any of the children. b: she assumes that the children speak spanish instead of english. c: she is too busy taking a picture to notice the other two children. d: she mistakenly believes that the children have never had chiclets before.

Excerpt from the rainbow, chapter x (excerpt) d. h. lawrence then there was an outcry. mrs. brangwen would not have it; no, she would not. all her innate dignity and standoffishness rose up. then there was the vicar lecturing the school. "it was a sad thing that the boys of cossethay could not behave more like gentlemen to the girls of cossethay. indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? that boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward—etc., etc." from the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar? a) he favors boys over girls. b) he has no strong feelings. c) he supports mrs. brangwen's perspective entirely. d) he tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.