Excerpt from A Girl of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton-Porter

10 "Yes, funny! A regular caricature," answered Elnora. "No one else wore calico, not even one other. No one else wore high heavy shoes, not even one. No one else had such a funny little old hat; my hair was not right, my ribbon invisible compared with the others, I did not know where to go, or what to do, and I had no books. What a spectacle I made for them!" Elnora laughed nervously at her own picture. "But there are always two sides! The professor said in the algebra class that he never had a better solution and explanation than mine of the proposition he gave me, which scored one for me in spite of my clothes."
Reread section ten, using context clues to help define caricature. The BEST definition is

A) a state of extreme ruin and misfortune
B) a set of values and beliefs shared by one group
C) a portrait or image that exaggerates one's physical appearance
D) the time when business activity has reached its peak and starts to fall